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How to pronounce zit in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hickey, pimple
Type of acne
Has types papule, pustule

Examples of zit

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Man, it's so HOT outside, had a zit on my nose that just shriveled up and died.
From the cnn.com
Its corroding Superdome lords over a pockmarked cityscape like a zit on prom night.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It's like when somebody has a big zit on the side of their face and they don't pop it.
From the time.com
Just 16 months later, however, a July 1995 Hubble picture shows the well-developed zit.
From the newscientist.com
Then I walked into the bathroom, looked into the mirror and saw a large red zit on my face.
From the courier-journal.com
Gisele Bundchen, God bless her, even had the remnants of a zit she had popped that morning.
From the time.com
If this kid gets as much as a zit, she should move to a leper colony.
From the pe.com
Yet they don't undergo extensive plastic surgery to address a zit.
From the newsday.com
I was the bully friend that made fun of the guy with the zit.
From the newsweek.com
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  • Pimple: a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
  • Zit was an adult British comic that was published by Humour Publications UK, beginning with a free sample issue in January 1991, and with issue 1 in February 1991.
  • Zits is a comic strip written by cartoonist Jerry Scott and illustrated by Jim Borgman about the life of Jeremy Duncan, a now 16-year-old high school sophomore, previously a 15-year-old for the life of the comic. ...
  • Pimple
  • (Zitted) Zipped, flew. "The bullets zitted about in every direction."
  • Noun. A spot, pimple or boil on the skin. [Orig. U.S.]
  • N (acne pimple) aknoF,LB, (abscess) pustuloAk, (any small bump on skin) butonoPIV
  • N: Used as a disparaging term for a person of Vietnamese birth or descent.
  • Non-medical term used to refer to comedones, papules, and pustules.