git

CEFRC2

/ɡɪt/

noun · name

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An unpleasant or foolish person.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Pronunciation spelling of get.

Examples

  • Code contributions should be made via git pull requests.

  • You're a two-faced, conniving git.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. shoo! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal)

  2. A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).

name

Extra meaning

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Git, a distributed VCS.

More examples

In context

  • Bit of a flash git, don't you think?

  • Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git

  • I'm not being a miserable old git here. I like a laugh as much as anyone, [...].

Synonyms

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That blank forgot his own birthday and showed up a day early.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.