# jit
## Translingual
### Symbol

jit
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jita.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Jita terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒɪt/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Etymology 1

Acronym of just in time.

#### Alternative forms

* JIT

#### Verb

jit (third-person singular simple present jits, present participle jitting, simple past and past participle jitted)
* (transitive, computing) To compile (program code for a virtual machine) immediately when needed, as part of the execution process.
** 2012 May 23, Stefan Karpinski, “Julia compiles the script every time?”, in Stack Overflow‎:if you call f(1.0) you get a newly jitted version that is specialized for Float64

### Etymology 2

Clipping of jitterbug.

#### Alternative forms

* git, jhit

#### Noun

jit (plural jits)
* (US, originally prison slang, derogatory) An inexperienced, foolhardy young man.
** 2024 July 12, “Hour Glass” (track 1, 0:44 from the start), in BLP Kosher (lyrics), Scarecrow‎:When I jumped off the porch, I was wearing a tallis and the field was vicious But none of this new to me, since a jit, I've been tryna preach unity
* (African-American Vernacular, Florida, slang) A term of address for a young man.
    Wusgood witchu jit?
** 2023 August 4, “Emo Jit” (track 8, 2:06 from the start), in BLP Kosher (lyrics), Bars Mitzva‎:And if they leave the cul-de-sac, then, jit I promise to rebel

### Etymology 3

Clipping of jitney.

#### Noun

jit (plural jits)
* (US, slang, dated) A nickel (“5-cent coin”).
** 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.

### Etymology 4

Probably a variant of jism, see also jizz.

#### Alternative forms

* git, jeet

#### Noun

jit (uncountable)
* (slang, vulgar) Semen.
    Synonyms: cum, jism, jizz; see also Thesaurus:semen
** 2000 August 4, Micky Carlo, “Hot Smoke and Sassafras (part 3) by M. Carlo”, in alt.sex.stories‎ (Usenet):Even the heady aromatic smell made me shoot HARDER!! I angled my prick down to criss-cross her face with several lines of hot jit!

#### Verb

jit (third-person singular simple present jits, present participle jitting, simple past and past participle jitted)
* (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
    Synonyms: jizz; see also Thesaurus:ejaculate
* (transitive, slang, vulgar) To cover in semen.
    Synonym: jizz
** 1997 April 4, **_MOUSE_**, “Story : Author Unknown - The Conversion of Jessica (8 Parts, missing part 4 - TXT) - jess8 [01/01]”, in alt.sex.stories‎ (Usenet):"I'm gonna cum right in your mouth, you slutty whore" he cursed at her, grinning. "I'm gonna jit your face so much you'll think someone melted a candle on it." Jess held her mouth open, her target awaiting.

### Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Alternative forms

* jiti

#### Noun

jit (uncountable)
* A style of Zimbabwean dance music played with drums and guitar.

### References

* 1 2 “jit n.$^3$”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
* ↑ “jit v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

### See also

* jit-jive (possibly etymologically related??)

### Anagrams

* TIJ, TJI

## Cypriot Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic جَيِّد (jayyid) and جُود (jūd).

### Noun

jit m
* good; good deeds

### References

* Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 192

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* het (Föhr-Amrum)
* hiitje (Mooring)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

### Pronunciation

* (Sylt) IPA: [jɪt]

### Verb

jit
* (Sylt) to have as one’s name, to be called.

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Noun

jit m (plural jits)
* (baseball) hit

### Further reading

* “jit”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## West Flemish
### Adjective

jit (comparative jitter, superlative jitst)
* hot