hithit

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hitit

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hitˈhit/ [hɪt̪ˈhɪt̪̚]
• 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

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

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