EGAVE

snit

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A temper; a bad mood.
    He's in a snit because he got passed over for promotion.
  2. noun Term of abuse.
  3. noun A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
  4. noun A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.
    The bartender served us each a snit with our Bloody Marys this morning.
  5. noun A slice of dried fruit.

Similar words

tizzy tiff huff snit fit snit-fit snark snib snideness snirt snickle

Often followed by

about and over because of when that with for

Word family

snits

Save “snit” to learn later