snake pit
snake pit noun: a pit filled with snakes.
Noun
snake pit (plural snake pits)
- A pit filled with snakes.
- Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people.
- Her friends try to persuade her, even fool her, into taking her medication; when she refuses, they try to commit her. She leaves for Ireland, where she has scheduled a speaking tour. There, she is arrested and incarcerated in a real snake-pit: the Our Lady of Clare rest home. And as she tries to...1990 August 31, Amy Hoffman, “"Crazy" Or Just Crazy?”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 8
- He says he wants to bring “free speech” to the platform, but it’s a mystery what exactly that means, and how he would do so while preventing the service from devolving into a snake pit of hate and harassment even more venomous than it already is.2022 April 28, Farhad Manjoo, “Is Elon Musk Really That Bad?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
snake pit meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
snake pit in Tamil
- பாம்பகழி
snake pit in Tagalog
- pit with snakes
- butas-ahas
Forms of snake pit
| plural | snake pits |
|---|---|
| alternative form | snakepit |
Questions about snake pit
- What does snake pit mean?
- Snake pit means a pit filled with snakes.
- What is snake pit in Tamil?
- Snake pit in Tamil is பாம்பகழி. See Snake pit meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snake pit?
- Snake pit is a noun.
- What is the plural of snake pit?
- The plural of snake pit is snake pits.
Words near snake pit in the dictionary
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