Found 2 items, similar to git.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: git
git
n : a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
“only a rotter would do that”;
“kill the rat”;
“throw the
bum out”;
“you cowardly little pukes!”; "the British call
a contemptible person a `git'" [syn:
rotter,
dirty dog,
rat,
skunk,
stinker,
stinkpot,
bum,
puke,
crumb,
lowlife,
scum bag,
so-and-so]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: git
Geat
\Geat\ (g[=e]t), n. [See
Gate a door.] (Founding)
The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a
mold in casting. [Written also
git,
gate.]
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Gate
\Gate\ (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
Cf.
Gate a way, 3d
Get.]
1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
which the passage can be closed.
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2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
or of exit.
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Knowest thou the way to Dover?
Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. --Shak.
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Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles.
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3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
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4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
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The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
--Matt. xvi.
18.
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5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
to pass through or into.
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6. (Founding)
(a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
into the mold; the ingate.
(b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
or sullage piece. [Written also
geat and
git.]
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Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
which receives the opened gate.
Gate channel. See
Gate, 5.
Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
crossing.
Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
which affords a straight passageway when open.
Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein.
To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
To stand in the gate or
To stand in the gates, to occupy
places or advantage, power, or defense.
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