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Definitions

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  • noun Eye dialect spelling of hit (in the senses "punch", "kill", etc).
  • verb Eye dialect spelling of hit (in the senses "punch", "kill", etc).

Etymologies

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A representation of the pronunciation of hit by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition (IPA: [h]). Not to be confused with hit, which is a dialectal variant of the pronoun it.

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