GIT - 12 definitions found
git n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] git tig Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) git I. noun Etymology: variant of get, term of abuse, from 2get Date: 1929 British a foolish or worthless person II. dialect variant of get Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary git (gits) If you refer to another person as a git, you mean you dislike them and find them annoying. (BRIT OFFENSIVE) N-COUNT: usu adj N [disapproval] English Explanatory Dictionary git n. Brit. sl. a silly or contemptible person. [var. of GET n.] Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) GIT GNU Interactive Tools (GNU) Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary GIT Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary git Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Git \Git\, n. (Founding) See Geat. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Gate \Gate\ (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate, door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v. Cf. Gate a way, 3d Get.] 1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed. 2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit. Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. --Shak. Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles. 3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc. 4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. --Matt. xvi. 18. 5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into. 6. (Founding) (a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. [Written also geat and git.] Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock, which receives the opened gate. Gate channel. See Gate, 5. Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge. Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure. Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing. Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate which affords a straight passageway when open. Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein. To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted. To stand in the gate, or gates, to occupy places or advantage, power, or defense. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Geat \Geat\, n. [See Gate a door.] (Founding) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also git, gate.] |
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