nit¹ Definition
nit (nit)
noun
- the egg of a louse or similar insect
- a young louse, etc.
Etymology: ME nite < OE hnitu, akin to Ger niss < IE base *knid-, louse, nit, prob. < *ken-, to scratch
nit² Definition
nit (nit)
noun
Chiefly Brit. nitwit
nit Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pick: The pair sat for hours in Knowsley Safari Park, picking nits out of each other's hair.
- call: They lay eggs, called nits, which they stick to the shafts of your hair with a very strong glue.
- find: You can work out when the lice first moved in by judging how many centimeters from the scalp you find the nits.
- have: Which is not to say that I don't have some nits to pick.
- get: If your children get nits, what kind of treatment do you reach for first?
- remove: These combs resemble those used up to the present day for removing nits from the hair.
Adjective modifier
- few: Just a few nits on a couple of the things in this piece. tar.. .
- minor: Other than those minor nits - well done, David!
- mere: You have termed the claim of influence by " The Bellero Shield " a " mere nit " elsewhere.
- little: The Word verification is a little nit picky with blogspot.
- other: One other nit: Michael wrote that Windows has an 8-year lead on Linux.
- small: The combs 33 teeth remove and destroy even the very smallest nits without pulling, cutting or hurting the hair.
Modifies a noun
- picking: Enough " nit picking " , I shall leave others to make comments on other differences.
- comb: I am using a nit comb to get all the lose fur out.
- pick: Yesterday you decided to nit pick on a lot of things ie ' funny faces ' ring a bell?
- nurse: It is a relatively uneventful school day which is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of the " nit nurse " .
- picker: But the solution is not to go to the other extreme and become nit pickers, pointing out every little sin.
- treatment: Simply apply a nit treatment such as Nitty Gritty nit solution and comb through.
Noun used with modifier
u: Nursery u nits 11 infant and primary schools in Medway have attached nursery classes providing nursery education for three and four year-olds.
Browse dictionary entries near nit
- ‹ nisus
- ‹ NIST
- ‹ Nissen hut
- ‹ nisi prius
- ‹ nisi
- ‹ Nishinomiya
- ‹ nisei
- ‹ Nisan
- ‹ Niš
- ‹ nirvana

