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git

[ git ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

git

/ ɡɪt /

Origin of git¹

First recorded in 1945–50; variant of get

Origin of git¹

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

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

He was an awkward, demanding, mean-spirited git from time to time, I assure you.

It includes a touch of classical ballet wrapped around some energetic, git-down party dancing.

Blamed ef I'd lived in a country all my life, ef I wouldn't know better'n to git caught out in such weather's this!

He left about a hundred of us here to make believe we 'uns ware goin' to attack Paris, so to give him time to git away.

He tolt me thar couldn't nobody git up thar whar they'd gone; no white folks, I mean.

Lawlessness is b'ilin' around inside o' me, an' I'm goin' to git right out!

They stopped fer water an' then hiked right on, jest as though they was in a hurry ter git some'r's.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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