hithit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hitˈhit/ [hɪtˈhit]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: hit‧hit

Noun

hithít (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆ᜔ᜑᜒᜆ᜔)

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

Derived terms

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