"jit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪt/ Audio: En-au-jit.ogg Forms: jits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: Shorting of jitterbug. According to folk etymology, an acronym of Juvenile In Training. Head templates: {{en-noun}} jit (plural jits)
  1. (US, originally prison slang, derogatory) An inexperienced, foolhardy young man. Tags: US, derogatory
    Sense id: en-jit-en-noun-bZNXvxkA Categories (other): American English, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 37 6 30 18
  2. (Florida, African-American Vernacular, informal) term of address for a young man Tags: Florida, informal
    Sense id: en-jit-en-noun-Z3-hsOA~ Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, Florida English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 33 7 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 37 6 30 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: git, jhit
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪt/ Audio: En-au-jit.ogg Forms: jits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: Shortening of jitney. Head templates: {{en-noun}} jit (plural jits)
  1. (US, slang) A nickel. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-jit-en-noun-zNePYQDy Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪt/ Audio: En-au-jit.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪt Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} jit (uncountable)
  1. A style of Zimbabwean dance music played with drums and guitar. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: jiti
    Sense id: en-jit-en-noun-4OJ1ZhN8 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 37 6 30 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒɪt/ Audio: En-au-jit.ogg Forms: jits [present, singular, third-person], jitting [participle, present], jitted [participle, past], jitted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: Acronym of just in time. Head templates: {{en-verb}} jit (third-person singular simple present jits, present participle jitting, simple past and past participle jitted)
  1. (computing, transitive) To compile (program code for a virtual machine) immediately when needed, as part of the execution process. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: JIT
    Sense id: en-jit-en-verb-s752LiOf Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 37 6 30 18 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.