"goit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɔɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-goit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: goits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gote||channel, stream}} Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), {{inh|en|ang|*gotu||channel, gutter, drain}} Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gutō||gutter, drain}} Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰew-||to pour}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), {{cog|sco|gote}} Scots gote, {{m|sco|goit|}} goit, {{m|sco|goate||trench, ditch, watercourse}} goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), {{cog|nl|goot||gutter}} Dutch goot (“gutter”), {{cog|gml|gote||ditch}} Middle Low German gote (“ditch”), {{l|en|gote}} gote Head templates: {{en-noun}} goit (plural goits)
  1. (UK, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-goit-en-noun-yR~vY9fx Categories (other): British English, Lancashire English, Yorkshire English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɔɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-goit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: goits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Etymology: Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git. Etymology templates: {{m|en|goitre}} goitre, {{m|en|git}} git Head templates: {{en-noun}} goit (plural goits)
  1. (informal, derogatory) A fool. Tags: derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-goit-en-noun-rTstm6Q2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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