"'it" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: 'its [plural]
Etymology: A representation of the pronunciation of hit by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]). Not to be confused with hit, which is a dialectal variant of the pronoun it. Head templates: {{en-noun}} 'it (plural 'its)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of hit (in the senses "punch", "kill", etc). Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: hit (extra: in the senses "punch", "kill", etc)
    Sense id: en-'it-en-noun-f0hG2NHm Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Verb

Forms: 'its [present, singular, third-person], 'ittin' [participle, present], 'it [participle, past], 'it [past]
Etymology: A representation of the pronunciation of hit by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]). Not to be confused with hit, which is a dialectal variant of the pronoun it. Head templates: {{en-verb|'its|'ittin'|'it}} 'it (third-person singular simple present 'its, present participle 'ittin', simple past and past participle 'it)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of hit (in the senses "punch", "kill", etc). Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: hit (extra: in the senses "punch", "kill", etc)
    Sense id: en-'it-en-verb-f0hG2NHm Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

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