nit — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The egg of a louse.

2. A young louse.

3. A head louse regardless of its age.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • UK usage
   • broadly

4. A fool, a nitwit.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Slang

5. A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.

6. A nitpicker.

Verb

1. To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.

   Usage

   • Multicultural-London-English

   Examples

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   Can’t miss no dots Every shot let caused I’m hittin Used to bag it up in the toilet My mumsie thought I was shittin Ever seen a junky fittin? Ever stepped in a room full of needles? No I ain’t doin no nittin

Noun

1. A candela per square metre.

   Examples

   This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.

Noun

1. Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).

Noun

1. A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.

   Related words

   nittynit-noid

Noun

1. a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

   Broader terms

   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

   Broader terms

   egg