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crit en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /kɹɪt/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

Meanings

  1. (countable, informal, uncountable) Criticism.
  2. (countable, informal, uncountable) Critique.
  3. (countable, informal, uncountable) A proponent of critical legal studies.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A criterium race.
  5. (countable, qualifier:roleplaying games, slang, uncountable) A critical hit.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
crits Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

self-crit · lit crit

Relateds

crit care

crit en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /kɹɪt/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, qualifier:roleplaying games, slang) To attack with a critical hit.
    • January 2013 Elliot Metson, Team Fortress 2 guide - conquering Mann vs Machine's expert mode PC Gamer Finally, the Axtinguisher just about edges the Neon Annihilator as the best melee weapon because you're in control of whether your target's on fire or not, whereas the Neon Annihilator's critting of wet targets is down to your team.
    • 2016 Dota 2 7.00 patch adds Monkey King, talents, new HUD, more PC Invasion Boundless Strike looks like Fissure only without the giant wall of earth, instead critting and stunning enemies in a line.
    • 2010 Christopher Wragg, replying to Timothy Ryan's MMO Balancing Techniques Gamasutra Now when talking randomness, players don't mind as long as it's not a negative random chance, for instance, missing causes more annoyance than an opponent dodging, we don't mind an opponent critting against us, but we hate it if something we do affects how much damage we take (aka rolling a 1).
    • Chiefly, I suspect, it's because we want to try out the Soldier's new parachute. Although, I'm just as interested in the Scout's new back-critting shotgun. 2014, Phil Savage, Team Fortress 2's 'Love and War' update out now, PC Gamer:
    • August 2013 Nic rowen, Rogue Legacy: Family survival guide Destructoid It's easy to look past his low health when he's critting for triple damage on more than half his hits.
    • Fixed a bug where, when Statikk Shiv’s chain lighting was proc’d by Pulsefire Ezreal’s Q - Mystic Shot, it wasn’t properly critting at 100% crit chance 2017, League of Legends Patch 7.11 change list, The Rift Herald:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
critted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
critted Tense=Past lexicographic
crits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
crit Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crit Tense=Past lexicographic
critting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

crit out

Translations (1)

sv kritta (Translations)

crit en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /kɹɪt/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Short for haematocrit.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, uncountable) Haematocrit.