Git

English

Alternative forms

• get

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology

From Middle English get (“offspring", especially "illegitimate offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget. (from Online Etymology Dictionary)

Noun

Git (plural Gits)

1. (UK, slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
2. (UK, slang, pejorative) A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying, or childish person.

Notes

• 'Git' is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. 'Get' can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. 'You cheeky get!' is slightly less harsh than 'You cheeky git!'.
• 'Git' is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a "smarmy git" refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a "jammy git" would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase "grumpy old git", denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency.
• In parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, 'get' is still used in preference to 'git'.
• The word has been ruled by the Speaker of the House of Commons to be unparliamentary language.

Verb

Git (third-person singular simple present Gits, present participle gitting, simple past and past participle gitted)

1. (nonstandard, Appalachia & Southern US) To get.
2. (nonstandard, Appalachia & Southern US) To leave.

Anagrams

• tig

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Latin

Noun

Git n. inv.

1. A plant, variously described as black cumin (Nigella sativa]]), Roman coriander, or melanthion

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jit/

Pronoun

ġit

1. you two (nominative dual form of þū)

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Turkish

Verb

Git

1. imperative form of gitmek