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In some senses, git is marked as derogatory, slang, informal, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
git
/ɡɪt/
noun 2verb 1intj 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
pompous, stupid
VERB + GIT
conniving, flash, made, say, two-faced
GIT + NOUN
cents, dime, s, wuth
PREP.
via
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git
Bit of a flash git, don't you think?
verb
1
Pronunciation spelling 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!
intj
1
shoo! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal)
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git
Wiktionary02
Bit of a flash git, don't you think?
Wiktionary03
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 offi
Wiktionary04
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,
Wiktionary05
You pompous git!
Tatoeba · #110244706
You're a two-faced, conniving git.
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