goit

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɔɪt/ Rhymes: -ɔɪt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote. ==== Noun ==== goit (plural goits) (UK, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills. === Etymology 2 === Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git. ==== Noun ==== goit (plural goits) (informal, derogatory) A fool.