egg of an insect (usually a louse); nothing (Slang)
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Nit Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe egg of a louse or other small insect.
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.
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nit grass
The egg of a louse or some other insect.
1. simpleton; 2. (older slang) word used to warn people engaged in some illegal activity that the police are coming
keep watch while some illegal activity takes place; act as lookout (from German dialect “nit” = “no!”: variant of German “nichts” = nothing)
(older slang) person who keeps watch for authorities while illegal activities are taking place; lookout
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
Nit Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The egg of a louse, which is glued to the hair of its host.
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Nit or NIT may refer to:
- The egg of a louse
- Head lice (often known as "nits" in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand)
- A trivial detail; the object of nitpicking
- Nit (unit), a unit of luminance equivalent to one candela per square metre (1 cd/m²)
- Nits (band), a Dutch musical group
- National Invitation Tournament, a men's college basketball tournament in the United States
- National Indigenous Times, Indigenous Australian affairs newspaper
- Nagpur Improvement Trust, a local civil government body in Nagpur, India
- Negative income tax, a proposed tax reform
- Neith, an Egyptian goddess
- Nat (information), a logarithmic unit of information or entropy
- Norfolk International Terminals, a port operated by the Virginia Port Authority in Norfolk, Virginia
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