Kit Kat

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See also: kitkat and kit-kat

English

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 Kit Kat on Wikipedia
4-fingered Kit Kat split in half

Etymology

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Brand name. Originally trademarked by the Rowntree's company in 1911. Apparently named after the Kit-Cat Club, which got its name from a local pastry chef, Christopher Catt/Catling (sources differ on the surname), who was nicknamed “Kit” and supplied the club with meat pies that he called “Kit-Cats”.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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Kit Kat (plural Kit Kats)

  1. A chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey.
    • 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 11:
      I looked around, visited a few more booths, and filled the free laminated folder I got from Scholastic with pencil erasers and tiny Kit Kats. Heavy with “gifts,” I decided to head home.

References

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  1. ^ Chase Shustack (2022 March 25) “This Might Have Been The Origin Of Kit Kat's Name”, in Mashed[1].