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Kit Kat

Kit Kat noun: a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey.

kit kat: a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey
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Noun

Kit Kat (plural Kit Kats)

  1. A chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey.
    • I looked around, visited a few more booths, and filled the free laminated folder I got from Scholastic with pencil erasers and tiny Kit Kats. Heavy with “gifts,” I decided to head home.2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 11

Forms of Kit Kat

pluralKit Kats

Origin of Kit Kat

Brand name. Originally trademarked by the Rowntree's company in 1911. Apparently named after the Kit-Cat Club, which got its name from a local pastry chef, Christopher Catt/Catling (sources differ on the surname), who was nicknamed “Kit” and supplied the club with meat pies that he called “Kit-Cats”.

Words formed from Kit Kat

Questions about Kit Kat

What does Kit Kat mean?
Kit Kat means a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey.
What part of speech is Kit Kat?
Kit Kat is a noun.
What is the plural of Kit Kat?
The plural of Kit Kat is Kit Kats.

Words near Kit Kat in the dictionary

  1. kit fox
  2. kit foxes
  3. kit glove
  4. kit gun
  5. kit guns
  6. Kit Kat
  7. Kit Kat shuffle
  8. Kit Kats
  9. kit lens
  10. kit lenses
  11. kit man

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