git
Americannoun
noun
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a contemptible person, often a fool
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a bastard
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
In his memoir, he recalls the harp player explaining, “That’s how you git it dirty — make them notes bend.”
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2021
The relationship was remarkably candid with Ashdown once telling Blair that "some folk think you are a smarmy git".
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2018
Said you go git Mr. Blakeslee to give yore money back.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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