hithit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: hit‧hít
  • IPA(key): /hitˈhit/, [hɪtˈhit]

Noun

hithít

  1. puff; drag (from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.)
  1. sipping; sucking (of liquid)
    Synonyms: higop, ib-ib, sipsip
  2. absorption (of sponge, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagsipsip, paghithit
  3. inhalation
    Synonyms: ib-ib, inhalasyon, langhap, paglanghap, singhot, pagsinghot
  4. capillary attraction
  5. (slang) smoking (of tobacco, cannabis, opium, and other drugs)

Derived terms
  • hithitan
  • hithit-buga
  • hithitin
  • humithit
  • humithit-buga
  • ipahithit
  • magpahithit
  • paghithit
  • pagkahithit

Further reading
  • “hithit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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