jit

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Acronym of just in time.

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

1. (computing, transitive) To compile (program code for a virtual machine) immediately when needed, as part of the execution process.

Shorting of jitterbug. According to folk etymology, an acronym of Juvenile In Training.

• git, jhit

jit (plural jits)

1. (US, originally prison slang, derogatory) An inexperienced, foolhardy young man.
2. (Florida, African-American Vernacular, informal) term of address for a young man

   Wusgood witchu jit?

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

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

Shortening of jitney.

jit (plural jits)

1. (US, slang) A nickel.
   • 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.

jit (uncountable)

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

• jiti

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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

jit m (plural jits)

1. (baseball) hit

jit (comparative jitter, superlative jitst)

1. hot