pit stop

See also: pit-stop and pitstop

English

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s NASCAR team executes a pitstop

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pit +‎ stop. First use appears c. 1915.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɪt.stɑp/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

pit stop (plural pit stops)

  2. (motor racing) A stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel and perform other periodic maintenance on the vehicle.
    • 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport‎[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2015:
      Alonso and Ferrari may well privately regret the decision to delay their second pit stop until two laps after Maldonado made his on the 24th of 66 laps.
  4. (informal) A brief stop for fuel, rest or refreshment during an automobile journey.
    I had to make a couple of pit stops along the way from Cadiz to Santiago de Compostela to give myself a break.
  6. (informal) A stop during any pedestrian or automobile travel for any utilitarian personal purpose, especially use of a bathroom.
  8. (informal) A place that offers food, beverages, and other goods and services for those stopping on an automobile journey.
  10. (informal, figuratively) A utilitarian stop on a figurative journey.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Polish: pit stop

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English pit stop.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpit ˈstɔp/
    • Syllabification: pit stop

    Noun

    pit stop m inan

    1. (motor racing) pit stop (a stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel and perform other periodic maintenance on the vehicle)
    2. (motor racing) pit (an area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race)
    3. (colloquial, humorous, informal) pit stop (a brief stop for fuel, rest or refreshment during an automobile journey)
      Synonym: przystanek

    Declension

    Declension of pit stop
    singular plural
    nominative pit stop pit stopy
    genitive pit stopu pit stopów
    dative pit stopowi pit stopom
    accusative pit stop pit stopy
    instrumental pit stopem pit stopami
    locative pit stopie pit stopach
    vocative pit stopie pit stopy

    Further reading

    • “pit stop”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “pit stop”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)
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