amazing percussion in the front of a marching band or drum corps... plays mallet instruments and any other percussion imaginable. absolutely amazing. formally known as the 'front-ensemble'.

Hey man, the Methacton High School Pit is awesome! Look at them play all those runs!

A police maneuver in which an officer puts the front quarter panel of his crusier next to the back quarter panel of the suspect and pushes aganist it. This causes the suspect to go into an uncontrollable spin.

When the suspect didn't stop, the police used a PIT to stop him

sustantivo

1. hoyo (m) (hole in ground); mina (f) (coal mine)

* the news hit him in the pit of his stomach -> la noticia le dolió en lo más profundo
* it's/he's the pits! (familiar) -> ¡es penoso! (Estados Unidos)

2. foso (m) (de la orquesta) (Theat)

* the pits -> los boxes (in motor racing)

3. marca (f) (on metal, glass); picadura (f) (on skin)

4. corro (m) (bolsa) (Estados Unidos)

sustantivo

1. hueso (m) pipo (m) (of cherry)carozo (m) (RP); hueso (m) (Estados Unidos)carozo (m) (RP) (of peach, plum)

verbo transitivo

2. deshuesar (cherry, olive) (of peach, plum)

verbo transitivo

también:

* to pit somebody against somebody -> enfrentar a alguien con alguien
* to pit oneself against somebody -> enfrentarse con alguien
* she pitted her wits against them -> midió su ingenio con el de ellos