legit

[ luh-jit ]

adjective

1. legitimate.
2. (of a singing voice) trained in a classical or operatic tradition.
3. having such a singing voice.
4. being a singer with such a voice.

noun

1. the legitimate theater or stage.

legit

/ lɪˈdʒɪt /

adjective

1. See legitimate
   short for legitimate

noun

1. legitimate or professionally respectable drama

Word History and Origins

Origin of legit¹

First recorded in 1905–10; shortened form

Example Sentences

Magic Keyboard by AppleTurning the iPad into a legit laptop competitorTrying to balance most iPad keyboard cases on your lap is an uncomfortable experience—precariously propping up your pricey tablet in the airport waiting area is less than ideal.

From Popular-Science

Infusing comedy with her legit rhyme skills through her one-woman shows as RadhaMUSprime, Blank made more than a little noise in New York.

From Essence.com

If we say Watson is a legit franchise QB, which I think we should, then that usually correlates to winning.

From FiveThirtyEight

It is also a sign that Google trusts and believe your company as a legit business entity.

From Search Engine Watch

Now, personally, I would like to think that your definition is legit because I think it’s really important for economists to take human behavior into account.

From Freakonomics

They could've been, you know, legit officers who wasn't down with whatever's going on.

From The Daily Beast

But Hillstomp is the real deal, as legit as anything you will find nowadays down on the bayou.

From The Daily Beast

And the chalkboards in the film with the field equations are legit.

From The Daily Beast

In one of my homicides, I had one wonderful witness, a legit Good Samaritan with 20-20 vision and photographic memory.

From The Daily Beast

They dropped an AK-47 next to his dead body to make it look like “a legit shoot.”

From The Daily Beast

Haec frumenta legit, si comperit; ordea spernit, T. finde ge, if she find: cleche for finde would restore the alliteration.

From Project Gutenberg

It isn't usual, you know, to graduate from a girlie show into the legit.

From Project Gutenberg

I wasn't half a day in the city when I found out that when it came to the real legit.

From Project Gutenberg

Non scribit, cujus carmina nemo legit—That man does not write whose verses no man reads.

From Project Gutenberg

Neque tamen non legit Scotum, ac Thomam aliosque hujus farin, si quando locus postulabat.

From Project Gutenberg