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Definition: SMIT |
SMIT1. Of Smite 2. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Smite. 3. Imp. & p. p. of Smite. |
Date "SMIT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
smit | English | Spin-motor interruption technique | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: SMIT |
| Specialty definitions using "SMIT": black ore ♦ Lord. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also, as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence. Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord, Wedded a wandering English lord -- Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw," A parent who throve by the practice of Draw. Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age. Among them, cupidity caused him to urge Repeated demands on the pocket of Splurge, Till, wrecked in his fortune, that gentleman saw Inadequate aid in the practice of Draw, And took, as a means of augmenting his pelf, To the business of being a lord himself. His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career. He painted his neck an incarnadine hue Each morning and varnished it all that he knew. The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. His head was enroofed with a billycock hat, And his low-necked shoes were aduncous and flat. In speech he eschewed his American ways, Denying his nose to the use of his A's And dulling their edge till the delicate sense Of a babe at their temper could take no offence. His H's -- 'twas most inexpressibly sweet, The patter they made as they fell at his feet! Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career. Alas, the Divinity shaping his end Entertained other views and decided to send His lordship in horror, despair and dismay From the land of the nobleman's natural prey. For, smit with his Old World ways, Lady Cadde Fell -- suffering Caesar! -- in love with her dad! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SMIT" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "SMIT" is used about 3 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 |
| Noun (proper) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SMIT" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Smit | Last name | 1,000 | 12,725 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Netherlands | Smit Internationale N.V. | USA | SEACOR Smit Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SMIT": Haagen-smit. | |
| 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 "SMIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | sújt (afflict, hit, smitten, smote, to descend upon sy, to hit, to smite), legyilkol, csapást mér (smitten, smote, strike, to smite), csapást mért, gyötrelmet okoz, hatalmába kerít (overmaster, to possess, to seize, to seize on, to transport), hatalmas (ample, enormous, giant, gigantean, gigantesque, gigantic, grandiose, herculean, huge, mighty, monumental, overpowering, powerful, smashing, Titanic, vast), hatalmas ütést mér, kínt okoz, leöl (butcher, slaughter, to butcher, to slaughter), agyonüt (brain, slay, swat, to brain, to kill, to knock on the head, to swat), legyőz (smitten, smote, to defeat, to discomfit, to negotiate, to overpower, to overwhelm, to put down, to put over, to smite, to surmount, to surmount to sg, to thrash, to tide over, to trounce, to vanquish, to whip, to whomp, to whop, to whump, to worst), tönkrever (to hammer, to mop up, to rout, to smite hip and thigh, to thrash), lelkiismeretfurdalást okoz, lesújt (depress, to afflict, to desolate, to distress, to floor, to overwhelm, to pound down, to visit), lever (down, strike down, strike off, subdue, to beat down, to drive in a pile, to knock off, to overwhelm, to pull down, to put down, to repress, to rout, to unman), megüt (bash, beat, hit, rap, slap, slosh, to beat, to bop, to clout, to hit, to rap, to slap, to spike, to wham), odacsap (to plump down), rácsap (to chop at, to raid, to smack), rásújt (smite, smitten, smote, to smite), lecsap (bear down, pounce, smite, to converge, to pounce, to precipitate, to souse, to swoop, to visit). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itsmay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SMIT": smite, smiter, smiters, smites, smith, smithereens, smitheries, smithers, smithery, smithies, smiths, smithsonite, smithsonites, smithy, smiting, smitten. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SMIT": retransmit, transmit. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SMIT": blacksmith, blacksmithing, blacksmithings, blacksmiths, coppersmith, coppersmiths, goldsmith, goldsmiths, gunsmith, gunsmithing, gunsmithings, gunsmiths, locksmith, locksmithing, locksmithings, locksmiths, metalsmith, metalsmiths, neurotransmitter, neurotransmitters, retransmits, retransmitted, retransmitting, silversmith, silversmithing, silversmithings, silversmiths, songsmith, songsmiths, tinsmith, tinsmithing, tinsmithings, tinsmiths, transmits, transmittable, transmittal, transmittals, transmittance, transmittances, transmitted, transmitter, transmitters, transmitting, tunesmith, tunesmiths, whitesmith, whitesmiths, wordsmith, wordsmitheries, wordsmithery, wordsmiths. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SMIT" (pronounced smi"t) |
| 3 | -m i" t | admit, commit, emit, mitt, omit, permit, readmit, remit, resubmit, submit, transmit. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mist. | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ism, its, mis, sim, sit, tis. | |
-2 letters: is, it, mi, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-s-t" | |
+1 letter: emits, items, maist, metis, midst, milts, mints, mists, misty, mites, mitis, mitts, moist, omits, smite, smith, stime, stimy, tamis, times, trims. | |
+2 letters: admits, ambits, amidst, autism, bemist, demits, impost, inmost, isthmi, kismat, kismet, limits, litmus, maists, mantis, mastic, mastix, matins, merits, midsts, mights, mirths, misact, misate, miscut, miseat, misfit, mislit, mismet, misset, misted, mister, miters, mitres, monist, motifs, muftis, muskit, mutism, mystic, ostium, remits, samite, sitcom, smalti, smiter, smites, smiths, smithy, somite, stigma, stimes, stymie, submit, summit, theism, timers, tmesis, truism, vomits. | |
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