See lit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2017 November, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, Kirsti Salmi, “Sounds of the City: Part VI”, in The Walleye, page 8:",
"text": "DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2018 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks”, in San Antonio Current, page 39:",
"text": "If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.",
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"ref": "2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:",
"text": "New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.",
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"ref": "2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:",
"text": "[…] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.",
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{
"ref": "2019, \"Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan\", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019",
"text": "At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls."
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"ref": "2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:",
"text": "The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.",
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"text": "Those jeans are lit.",
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"ref": "2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:",
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"ref": "2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:",
"text": "[…] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.",
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"ref": "2019, \"Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan\", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019",
"text": "At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls."
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"ref": "2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:",
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"Clipping of literature."
],
"links": [
[
"literature",
"literature#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪt/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lit.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-lit.ogg/En-us-lit.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-lit.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪt"
}
],
"word": "lit"
}
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