Timbit

See also: timbit

English

A box of chocolate Timbits

Etymology

From Tim +‎ bit. A brand name: from Tim (the name of Canadian hockey player Tim Horton, and the doughnut shop chain he founded, now Tim Hortons) + bit.

Noun

Timbit (plural Timbits)

1. (Canada) A bite-sized doughnut ball sold at the Canadian Tim Hortons restaurant chain and sometimes jocularly regarded as an icon of Canadian culture.

   Hypernym: donut hole

   Coordinate term: Munchkin (the same product from Dunkin Donuts)

   • 2003 June 26, Roy MacGregor, “When size definitely matters: How you order a coffee reveals what type of Canadian you are”, in The Globe and Mail, page A2:

     When colleague John Stackhouse was searching for a title for his lovely book on travelling across Canada, he decided to go with Timbit Nation.

Derived terms

• Kimbit
• timbit (a genericization of the trademark, used in Canada to refer to any donut hole ball pastry informally)