brit
IPA: brˈɪt
Root Word: Brit
noun
- (informal, formerly offensive) A British person.
- A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
- The River Brit, a short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay.
- One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
- One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
- brit milah
- Abbreviation of Britain. [(loosely) The United Kingdom.]
- (lexicography) Abbreviation of British English. [The English language as written and spoken in the United Kingdom (in contrast with other places, particularly other countries where English is predominant or at least an important language)]
verb
- (transitive) To break in pieces; divide.
- (transitive) To bruise; indent.
- (intransitive) To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
- (intransitive, dialectal) To fade away; alter.
adjective
- Abbreviation of British. [Of Britain.]
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