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timbit

timbit noun: synonym of donut hole (“a ball-shaped pastry”).

Noun (1)

timbit (plural timbits)

  1. (informal, slang) Synonym of donut hole (“a ball-shaped pastry”)
    Synonyms:
    donut hole

Noun (2) capitalized: Timbit

Timbit (plural Timbits)

  1. (Canada) A bite-sized doughnut ball sold at the Canadian Tim Hortons restaurant chain and sometimes jocularly regarded as an icon of Canadian culture.
    • When colleague John Stackhouse was searching for a title for his lovely book on travelling across Canada, he decided to go with Timbit Nation.2003 June 26, Roy MacGregor, “When size definitely matters: How you order a coffee reveals what type of Canadian you are”, in The Globe and Mail, page A2

Synonyms of timbit

Forms of timbit

pluraltimbits
pluralTimbits

Origin of timbit

A genericization of the Tim Hortons trademark Timbit.

From Tim + bit. A brand name: from Tim (the name of Canadian hockey player Tim Horton, and the doughnut shop chain he founded, now Tim Hortons) + bit.

Words formed from timbit

Questions about timbit

What does timbit mean?
Timbit means synonym of donut hole (“a ball-shaped pastry”).
What part of speech is timbit?
Timbit is a noun.
What is the plural of timbit?
The plural of timbit is timbits.

Words near timbit in the dictionary

  1. Timbiras
  2. timbiri
  3. timbiris
  4. Timbisha
  5. Timbishas
  6. timbit
  7. timbits
  8. Timblin
  9. Timblins
  10. timbo
  11. Timboon

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