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Definition: QUITTING |
QUITTINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Quit |
Date "QUITTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: QUITTING |
| English words defined with "QUITTING": break ♦ clock watcher, come close ♦ timecard, Turn-out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "QUITTING": Horn-gate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Quitting will not make you strong, living will. (Pump Up the Volume; writing credit: Allan Moyle) This quitting thing, it's a hard habit to break once you start. (The Bad News Bears; writing credit: Bill Lancaster) If Dawn dies, I'm quitting. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. (Office Space; writing credit: Mike Judge) I'm not quitting my job. How am I supposed to eat? (The Greatest American Hero; writing credit: Morris Gleitzman) | |
Lyrics | I'm quitting cigarette smoking (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Quitting Tomorrow (2002) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Edison employees learning to use trolley service in an orderly fashion at quitting time;{10.105/3}. |  | Rats quitting the ship. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Frank Sheroan's farmyard before his "quitting farming" sale. Montmorenci, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption |
 | Quitting buzzer. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Reincarnation: People coming back to life at quitting time. |
George Carlin | Most people are paid just enough to keep them from quitting, for working just hard enough to keep from getting fired. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | It is the unjust use of force then, that puts a man into the state of war with another; and thereby he that is guilty of it makes a forfeiture of his life: for quitting reason, which is the rule given between man and man, and using force, the way of beasts, he becomes liable to be destroyed by him he uses force against, as any savage ravenous beast, that is dangerous to his being. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The relative risk of stroke decreases immediately after quitting smoking, with a major reduction of risk seen after 2 to 4 years. (references) | |
Obvious steps include quitting smoking, losing weight if necessary, abstaining from alcohol, and making dietary changes to reduce the amount of salt and fat consumed. (references) | ||
Because cigarette smoking is the most important cause of COPD, not smoking almost always prevents COPD from developing, and quitting smoking slows the disease process. (references) | ||
Political Rights | Ethiopia | These included incidents of election officials instructing voters for whom to vote, candidates campaigning at polling stations, and candidates being pressured into quitting. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mexico | These restrictions allow only one union per jurisdiction, forbid union members from quitting the union, and prohibit reelection of union officials. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "QUITTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.11% of the time. "QUITTING" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 98.11% | 104 | 31,955 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.89% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "QUITTING": message quitting ♦ without quitting the place. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "QUITTING": quitting-time. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "QUITTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "弃 (Abandonment, Abnegate, Abnegated, Abnegating, Abort, Aborted, Ditched, Ditching, quit, Quits, Quitted, relinquish, relinquished, relinquishing, renege, renounce, Renounced, Renouncing, Waive, Waived, Waiver, Waiving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | konec pracovní doby (quitting-time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kvittering for meddelelse (message quitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | berichtkwijting (message quitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sanoman kuittaus (message quitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quittant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verlassen (abandon, abandoned, abandonment, derelict, derelicted, desert, deserted, desertion, desolate, evacuate, exit, forlorn, forsake, leave, lonely, loose, move away, quit, quitted, solitary, to derelict, to desert, to evacuate, to forlorn, to leave, untrodden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραλαβή μηνύματος (message quitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lettura di un messaggio (message quitting), assolvimento di un messaggio (message quitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 辞去 (leaving, retiring), 抛" (abandoning, giving up), "" (abandoning, giving up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほうてき (abandoning, giving up, legality), じきょ (leaving, retiring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 종료 (termination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | faagail (abandon, bequeath, depart, descend, disembark, ditch, flitting, forsake, give up, hand down, keep on, leave, leaving, maroon, outgoing, quit, relinquish, retire, season; vacating, seasoning, strand, throw over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ittingquay безвыездно (without quitting the place). (various references) f gail (abandoning, forsaking, idiosyncrasy). (various references) ne napuštajući mesto (quit: without quitting the place). (various references) salida de un mensaje (message quitting). (various references) meddelandekvittering (message quitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "QUITTING": acquitting. (additional references) | |
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"QUITTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Muhittin, quadding, quating, quidding, quidging, quintain, quirting, quiting, quittings, squitting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "QUITTING" (pronounced kwi"ting) |
| 6 | k w i" t i ng | acquitting. |
| 5 | -w i" t i ng | unwitting, witting. |
| 4 | -i" t i ng | admitting, befitting, bitting, committing, emitting, fitting, flitting, gritting, hitting, knitting, omitting, permitting, pitting, refitting, resubmitting, sitting, slitting, spitting, splitting, submitting, transmitting, unremitting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-n-q-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: gittin, intuit. | |
-3 letters: quint. | |
-4 letters: inti, quin, quit, ting, tint, titi, tung, unit. | |
-5 letters: gin, git, gnu, gun, gut, nit, nut, tin, tit, tug, tui, tun, tut. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-n-q-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: acquitting. | |
+3 letters: antiquating, aquatinting, briquetting. | |
+4 letters: quantitating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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