nit
n. egg of an insect (usually a louse); nothing (Slang) | ||||
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NIT Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Nit
(n.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.
(n.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.
| WordNet 2.0 |
nit
Noun
1. a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
(hypernym) luminance unit
2. egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
(hypernym) egg
Noun
1. a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
(hypernym) luminance unit
2. egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
(hypernym) egg
| Australian Slang |
Nit
1. simpleton; 2. (older slang) word used to warn people engaged in some illegal activity that the police are coming
1. simpleton; 2. (older slang) word used to warn people engaged in some illegal activity that the police are coming
Keep nit
keep watch while some illegal activity takes place; act as lookout (from German dialect “nit” = “no!”: variant of German “nichts” = nothing)
Nit-keeper
(older slang) person who keeps watch for authorities while illegal activities are taking place; lookout
| Anagram |
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| hEnglish - advanced version |
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\nit\ (?), n. [as. hnitu; akin to d. neet, g. niss, ohg. niz; cf. gr. &?;, &?;, icel. gnit, sw. gnet, dan. gnid, russ. & pol. gnida, bohem. hnida, w. nedd.] (zo?l.) the egg of a louse or other small insect.
nit
grass (bot.), a pretty annual european grass (gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. it is also found in california and chili.
similar words(1)
nit grass
nit
\nit\ (?), n. [as. hnitu; akin to d. neet, g. niss, ohg. niz; cf. gr. &?;, &?;, icel. gnit, sw. gnet, dan. gnid, russ. & pol. gnida, bohem. hnida, w. nedd.] (zo?l.) the egg of a louse or other small insect.
nit
grass (bot.), a pretty annual european grass (gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. it is also found in california and chili.
similar words(1)
nit grass
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nit
The egg of a louse or some other insect.
The egg of a louse or some other insect.
NIT Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Computer Abbreviations v1.5 |
NIT
ArcView INFO Table Definitions File
ArcView INFO Table Definitions File
| Internet and Chat Abbreviations |
NIT
Not In Therapy
Not In Therapy
NIT Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| gambling |
NIT
- National Invitational Tournament
- National Invitational Tournament
| Klingon - English |
nIt
v. be plain, be pure, be uncorrupted, be unsellied
v. be plain, be pure, be uncorrupted, be unsellied
NIT Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection |
Nit
The egg of a louse, which is glued to the hair of its host.
The egg of a louse, which is glued to the hair of its host.
NIT Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
NIT
NIT may stand for any of the following:
- National Invitation Tournament is a college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- Negative income tax is a method of tax reform that is popular among economists but has never been fully implemented.
- Network Information Table is part of a Service Information (SI) packet in a MPEG-2/DVB stream (for more information see Digital Television).
- A number of institutes of technology:
- National Institutes of Technology are chain of central government funded premier schools of engineering and technology education in India.
- Northern Institute of Technology is a private business school, located in Hamburg, Germany.
- Nekomi Institute of Technology is a fictional university in the anime/manga Oh My Goddess!
- Ningbo Institute of Technology is a university located in Ningbo, China. [1]
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Nit
NIT or Nit or nit can refer to:-
- A common name for various types of louse eggs. See head lice, pubic lice, Pediculosis.
- Trivial change made by a nitpick (slang)
- Negative income tax, a proposed tax system popular amongst economists.
- A derogatory term typical of non-American English, indicating foolishness, as in "nit-wit".
- A unit of luminance, the nit is a non-SI name for the candela per square metre
- The National Invitation Tournament
- National Institutes of Technology, India
- Northern Institute of Technology, Germany
- Noshirvani Institute of Technology, Iran
- The Ancient Egyptian goddess Nit -- Goddess of weaving, war, hunting (see neith) and the Red Crown, creator deity, mother of Ra.
- A mistake found in a television episode, movie, book, etc. usually concerning a fact that is stated in one location that contradicts information stated in another location.
- A term used among poker players describing a player who is generally tight with money, and unwilling to involve himself in situations which are not clearly to his advantage.
- A unit of information, nit (Boulton and Wallace, 1970), known in some subsequent literature as the nat.
- The Nits, a Dutch art rock group.
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