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git en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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/ɡɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

(Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
- Here we see the common domestic goose, Anser cygnoides domesticus. Found across the British countryside, it is known for its distinctive call; proud, majestic stature; and for being an all-round inconsiderate little git! 2019, The Stupendium, “What a Fowl Day”:
- Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git 1968, “I'm So Tired”, in John Lennon (lyrics), The Beatles, performed by the Beatles:
- I'm not being a miserable old git here. I like a laugh as much as anyone, [...]. 2020 December 16, Christian Wolmar, “Coverage of little-used stations does the railway no favours”, in RAIL, page 45:
- Eventually God gives the donkey a voice and it says, "why're you beating me you great stupid git? It's the angel with the sword that you gotta be careful of," or words to that effect. 2007, Greg Weston, The Man Upstairs, →ISBN, page 124:
- Parkinson: You made films before, but the part that really made your name was Zulu, wasn't it […] and there of course—against type—you played the toff, you played the officer. Caine: I played the officer, yeah, and everybody thought I was like that. Everyone was so shocked when they met me, this like Cockney guy had played this toffee-nosed git. 2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43-17:05:
- Bit of a flash git, don't you think? 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
gits	Number=Plur		lexicographic
get		alternative	lexicographic

Translations (22)

es cretino (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · uk приду́рок (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · tr aptal (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · es pendejo (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · fr con (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · uk ду́рень (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · de Idiot (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · fr taré (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · fi paskiainen (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · uk ду́рбецало (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · de Blödmann (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · cs blbec (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · ru дура́к (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · ru мерза́вец (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · nl ouwe lul (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · da spade (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · tr salak (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · fr crétin (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · da idiot (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · cs hňup (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · de Dummkopf (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person) · es bastardo (A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person)

git en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Received-Pronunciation) audio
/ɡɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Meanings

(Appalachia, Southern-US, informal) Shoot! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal)

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
get		alternative	lexicographic

git en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Received-Pronunciation) audio
/ɡɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(General-American) audio

Etymology

Meanings

(Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of get.
alt of get
- She say fust git a dime’s wuth of potatoes; den she say ‘No, git ten cents wuth of beans,’ den she change her min’ agin an’ say git a dime’s wuth of cabbages, an’ suh, when I brung them cabbages home, I’ll be dinged if she didn’t go an’ bang me on the haid with a coolin’ iron fo’ not gittin’ a quatah’s wuth of livah! 1920 February 15, Wat Tell, “Cabbages and Kings”, in The Wichita Sunday Eagle, volume LXIX, number 69, Wichita, Kan., →OCLC, page 11, column 5:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
gits	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
got	Tense=Past		lexicographic
gotten	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
gitting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
get		alternative	lexicographic