git

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of get.
intj
  1. shoo! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal)
noun
  1. Alternative form of geat (channel in metal casting)
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Git, a distributed VCS.

Pronunciation

/ɡɪt/ en-uk-git.ogg en-us-git.ogg

Word forms

git gits get gitting got gotten

Etymology

From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.

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