{
  "zit":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small, red, swollen spot on the skin : pimple":[
        "got a zit on his face",
        "\u2026 drama that goes well beyond the pre-prom zit \u2026",
        "\u2014 Mike Blaxill et al."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "\u201cLook at all these zits \u2014I'm hideous!\u201d wailed the high schooler",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Without further ado, here's the scoop straight from dermatologists on some of the best acne treatments for every type of zit , cyst, and pustule threatening to implode on your skin. \u2014 Michelle Rostamian, Allure , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "And then finally at least in one place on the map, there will be what can only be described as a giant zit . \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "The obligation to play with one\u2019s child\u2014the biggest zit on the nose of parenthood\u2014goes from begrudging and exhausting to romping and roaring. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker , 26 July 2021",
      "Though some pimple patches have added pimple-fighting ingredients, like salicylic acid, many of the most popular brands are just plain hydrocolloids, cut into a zit -friendly shape. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 23 Feb. 2021",
      "These breakouts are unlike a stray stress zit or clogged pores from a product that didn't agree with me. \u2014 Bella Cacciatore, Glamour , 24 Nov. 2020",
      "There are few things that ruin your morning quite like waking up with a massive zit on your forehead. \u2014 Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY , 29 Sep. 2020",
      "Plus, having a zit -free forehead helps too, because the hair draws attention to it. \u2014 Donna Freydkin, Allure , 18 Sep. 2020",
      "At the very end of the carousel, Mills even showed off a faceful of zit stickers with absolutely zero shame. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 17 Aug. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1965, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8zit"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "boil",
      "fester",
      "hickey",
      "papule",
      "pimple",
      "pock",
      "pustule",
      "whelk"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033959",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}