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git

American  
[git] / gɪt /

noun

  1. British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.

git British  
/ ɡɪt /

noun

  1. a contemptible person, often a fool

  2. a bastard

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Etymology

Origin of git

First recorded in 1945–50; variant of get

Example Sentences

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“We’re talking serious business: barbed wire, machine-gun towers and a 300-pound guy with no neck and a cowboy hat saying, ‘Hey rock star, git over here, boy.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2023

To “I Feel Pretty”: I bought Twitter, don’t be bitter, I will git ’er much fitter, you’ll see I’m no quitter — there’s no leader more steadfast than me!

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

After fires, illness and neighbor squabbles, the book ends with the youngest Slater boy, Shoestring, wanting “to git book-larnin’.”

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2021

Think I'm gonna miss the miserable old git.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2019

Well, I better git on home and see about Bubba.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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