lit
1[ lit ]
/ lɪt /
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of light1. adjective
Slang. under the influence of liquor or narcotics; intoxicated (usually followed by up). Slang. amazing; awesome; cool (used as a general term of approval): Today's rally was really lit! QUIZ
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Origin of lit
1First recorded in 1895–1900 in the sense “intoxicated”
Other definitions for lit (2 of 6)
lit2
[ lit ]
/ lɪt /
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of light3. Other definitions for lit (3 of 6)
lit3
[ lit ]
/ lɪt /
noun Informal.
literature: a college course in English lit.
Origin of lit
3First recorded in 1850–55; by shortening
Other definitions for lit (4 of 6)
lit4
[ lit ]
/ lɪt /
Other definitions for lit (5 of 6)
abbreviation
liter; liters.
literal.
literally.
literary.
literature.
Other definitions for lit (6 of 6)
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Words related to lit
stoned,
tipsy,
burning,
lighted,
shining,
bashed,
befuddled,
buzzed,
crocked,
flushed,
flying,
fuddled,
glazed,
high,
inebriate,
laced,
muddled,
plastered,
potted,
sloshed How to use lit in a sentence
The convergence of these signs lit Morris up like a firecracker.
She retrieved a cigarette from her purse and lit it without moving her face away from the screen.
The church groups make the displays, and the big solstice, I mean, Christmas, tree can be lit after all.
The Hipgnosis founders took a quick look at the strangely-lit photos of contorted bodies….
When it turned night, the seven dwarfs returned home from their work and lit their seven little candles.
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
Groping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it.
She lit another cigarette, and for a few moments looked silently out of the window at the darkening woods beyond the lawn.
When he was gone, Isaacson returned to his sitting-room upstairs and lit a nargeeleh pipe.
British Dictionary definitions for lit (1 of 2)
verb
a past tense and past participle of light 1 an alternative past tense and past participle of light 2 British Dictionary definitions for lit (2 of 2)
abbreviation for
literal(ly)
literary
literature
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