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git

[ git ]

/ gɪt /

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noun

British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.

Origin of git

First recorded in 1945–50; variant of get

Words nearby git

giselle, gish, gismo, gissing, gist, git, git-go, git-up-and-git, gita, gitalin, gite

Example sentences from the Web for git

He is as conversant with HTML and Git as with metaphor and the twists and turns of plotting.

Vikram Chandra Is A Novelist Who's Obsessed With Writing Computer Code |Jane Ciabattari |August 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Ef we hed it naow, mebbe we could git 'long spite o' ther being no money a cirkilatin.

The Duke of Stockbridge |Edward Bellamy
When I git hum I go an' hide it in the bush somewhars--jest to git it out o' my way.

In the Days of Poor Richard |Irving Bacheller
Not a bit of it, for Hercules is the only one that knows how to git over such places.

A Waif of the Mountains |Edward S. Ellis

Linkin ses "they are like to Paddy's flee, when you git where they are they ain't ther."

Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia |Seba Smith
When I did git room to turn around, I went through that whole house pretendin' to take inventories.

The House of Mystery |William Henry Irwin

British Dictionary definitions for git

git

/ (ɡɪt) /

noun British slang

a contemptible person, often a fool

a bastard

Word Origin for git

C20: from get (in the sense: to beget, hence a bastard, fool)