Timbit

English
A box of chocolate Timbits

Etymology

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.
    • 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.

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms
  • Munchkin (the same product from Dunkin Donuts)

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