legit
(of a singing voice) trained in a classical or operatic tradition.
having such a singing voice.
being a singer with such a voice.
the legitimate theater or stage.
Origin of legit
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How to use legit in a sentence
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.
Infusing comedy with her legit rhyme skills through her one-woman shows as RadhaMUSprime, Blank made more than a little noise in New York.
‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Creator Radha Blank on Seeing Herself and Missing Her Mother | cmurray | October 9, 2020 | Essence.comIf we say Watson is a legit franchise QB, which I think we should, then that usually correlates to winning.
Who’s The Best Of The NFL’s Worst? | Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com) | October 5, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightIt is also a sign that Google trusts and believe your company as a legit business entity.
Branding for SEO : A way to fight against Zero Clicks SERPs | Nicolas Vargas | May 14, 2020 | Search Engine WatchNow, 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.
They could've been, you know, legit officers who wasn't down with whatever's going on.
Justice League Vigil for Slain NYPD Officers Asks Whose Life Matters | Olivia Nuzzi | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Hillstomp is the real deal, as legit as anything you will find nowadays down on the bayou.
And the chalkboards in the film with the field equations are legit.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves | Marlow Stern | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn one of my homicides, I had one wonderful witness, a legit Good Samaritan with 20-20 vision and photographic memory.
They dropped an AK-47 next to his dead body to make it look like “a legit shoot.”
‘Kill Team’: The Documentary the Army Doesn’t Want You to See | Andrew Romano | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHaec frumenta legit, si comperit; ordea spernit, T. finde ge, if she find: cleche for finde would restore the alliteration.
It isn't usual, you know, to graduate from a girlie show into the legit.
The Business of Life | Robert W. ChambersI wasn't half a day in the city when I found out that when it came to the real legit.
Bud | Neil MunroNon scribit, cujus carmina nemo legit—That man does not write whose verses no man reads.
Neque tamen non legit Scotum, ac Thomam aliosque hujus farin, si quando locus postulabat.
The Oxford Reformers | Frederic Seebohm
British Dictionary definitions for legit
/ (lɪˈdʒɪt) slang /
short for legitimate
legitimate or professionally respectable drama
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