jit

jit

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jita.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Jita terms

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Acronym of just in time.

• JIT

jit (third-person singular simple present jits, present participle jitting, simple past and past participle jitted)

1. (transitive, computing) To compile (program code for a virtual machine) immediately when needed, as part of the execution process.
   • 2012 May 23, Stefan Karpinski, “Julia compiles the script every time?”, in Stack Overflow‎:

     if you call f(1.0) you get a newly jitted version that is specialized for Float64

Clipping of jitterbug.

• git, jhit

jit (plural jits)

1. (US, originally prison slang, derogatory) An inexperienced, foolhardy young man.
   • 2024 July 12, “Hour Glass” (track 1, 0:44 from the start), in BLP Kosher (lyrics), Scarecrow‎:

     When I jumped off the porch, I was wearing a tallis and the field was vicious
     But none of this new to me, since a jit, I've been tryna preach unity

2. (African-American Vernacular, Florida, slang) A term of address for a young man.

   Wusgood witchu jit?

   • 2023 August 4, “Emo Jit” (track 8, 2:06 from the start), in BLP Kosher (lyrics), Bars Mitzva‎:

     And if they leave the cul-de-sac, then, jit I promise to rebel

Clipping of jitney.

jit (plural jits)

1. (US, slang, dated) A nickel (“5-cent coin”).
   • 1942, Richard A. L. van Schwartz, "A Day in the Life of a Juvenile Fan", Boskonian (#1), page 2

     En route home, I stop in a store to put a few dozen jits in a pinball machine. I am a slave of the flashing lights.

   • 1993, James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan:

     "Well, what do you say, Vince? You'll let me take a jit, won't you? I'll give you the jit back with a nickel interest," coaxed Davey.

Probably a variant of jism, see also jizz.

• git, jeet

jit (uncountable)

1. (slang, vulgar) Semen.

   Synonyms: cum, jism, jizz; see also Thesaurus:semen

   • 2000 August 4, Micky Carlo, “Hot Smoke and Sassafras (part 3) by M. Carlo”, in alt.sex.stories‎ (Usenet):

     Even the heady aromatic smell made me shoot HARDER!! I angled my prick down to criss-cross her face with several lines of hot jit!

jit (third-person singular simple present jits, present participle jitting, simple past and past participle jitted)

1. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

   Synonyms: jizz; see also Thesaurus:ejaculate

2. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To cover in semen.

   Synonym: jizz

   • 1997 April 4, **_MOUSE_**, “Story : Author Unknown - The Conversion of Jessica (8 Parts, missing part 4 - TXT) - jess8 ”, in alt.sex.stories‎ (Usenet):

     "I'm gonna cum right in your mouth, you slutty whore" he cursed at her, grinning. "I'm gonna jit your face so much you'll think someone melted a candle on it." Jess held her mouth open, her target awaiting.

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• jiti

jit (uncountable)

1. A style of Zimbabwean dance music played with drums and guitar.

• jit-jive (possibly etymologically related??)

• TIJ, TJI

From Arabic جَيِّد (jayyid) and جُود (jūd).

jit m

1. good; good deeds

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 192

• het (Föhr-Amrum)
• hiitje (Mooring)

From Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

• (Sylt) IPA^(key):

jit

1. (Sylt) to have as one’s name, to be called.

jit m (plural jits)

1. (baseball) hit

• “jit”, in Diccionario de americanismos (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language , 2010

jit (comparative jitter, superlative jitst)

1. hot