whit
pronunciation
How to pronounce whit in British English:
UK [wɪt]
How to pronounce whit in American English:
US [hwɪt, wɪt]
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- Noun:
- a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Word Origin
- whit (n.)
- "smallest particle," 1520s, from na whit "no amount" (c. 1200), from Old English nan wiht, from wiht "amount," originally "person, human being" (see wight).
Example
- 1. Whit said you 'd tell me the other .
- 2. You know whit and you know how far he can reach .
- 3. That 's one of whit 's common aliases .
- 4. Whit , that water is not from the french alps !
- 5. I don 't care a whit .