snit

noun5

1. •
   (slang) A temper; a bad mood.

   • He's in a snit because he got passed over for promotion.
2. •
   (slang, offensive) Term of abuse.

   • I want some hot coffee now or so help me I'll throw you out on your arse, you little snit. — 2010
3. •
   (dialect, US) A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.

   • The bartender served us each a snit with our Bloody Marys this morning.
4. •
   A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
5. •
   [in the plural] (dialect) A slice of dried fruit.

   • For instance, a recipe for pear butter calls for 6 “buckets” of pear snits, 5 “buckets” of water and 40 lbs. of sugar. — 1947