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View synonyms for git

git

[ git ]

noun

  1. British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.


git

/ ɡɪt /

noun

  1. a contemptible person, often a fool
  2. a bastard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of git1

First recorded in 1945–50; variant of get
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Word History and Origins

Origin of git1

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

Hubbard attributed the disease to “an intense desire to ‘git thar’ and an awful feeling that you cannot.”

From Salon

In the past, words or phrases deemed to have stepped over the line include "impertinent dog", "cad", "blethering", "guttersnipe" and "git".

From BBC

We had half of our gits wrapped and bagged and ready to go out the door.”

"I think they like the way I put things. Instead of being called an old git or something they say 'that's my grandad'."

From BBC

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!

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