Definitions

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  • noun informal Criticism.
  • noun informal Critique.
  • noun informal A proponent of critical legal studies.
  • noun cycling A criterium race.

Etymologies

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From criticism, by shortening

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Examples

  • Ghostcrawler is hinting that the amount of crit gained from agility or raw +crit rating is likely to decrease beyond the normal rate assumed by gear and level progression, and this will obviously have an impact on Savage Defense uptime.

    WoW.com Allison Robert 2010

  • My only crit is that Stupendous Man would kick Superman in the ass! and for this reason should be replaced!

    Reader Makes Periodic Table Of Superheroics - Geekologie 2009

  • Part of that is the inevitable distractions – the internet, blogs, email, etc, participation in crit groups, and the real life responsibilities of family and work that need to be balanced.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Pace of You 2009

  • The 'critique' or 'crit' is a great example of the sort of judgemental, competitive element we've built in to how we teach what we teach.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Jonathan 2008

  • The 'critique' or 'crit' is a great example of the sort of judgemental, competitive element we've built in to how we teach what we teach.

    Does design education work against 'Indie Fever'? Jonathan 2008

  • A criterium - also called a "crit" - is a circuit race held on a short course, about one mile in length, and the riders race for a predetermined time.

    Sierra Sun - Top Stories By Rick Reynolds Spoke 'n Words 2009

  • Bush & Rove praise Zell, Mrs. Bush and McCain crit ...

    09/03/2004 2004

  • Some folks work, you hear me, work at writing day and night, go to workshops, join crit groups, do everything they can to make the next word better, the next sentence better, and I'll be damned if I let you come off with this elitist no-clue attitude, you semi-pro wannabe!) to write or you don't.

    Poetus Interruptus mtrimm1 2006

  • The main crit­i­cism Bloom lev­els — and I agree with this — is that it’s impos­si­ble to jus­tify any book by say­ing that it’s bet­ter to be read­ing any­thing than read­ing noth­ing.

    I ♥ Oprah « Snarkmarket 2005

  • The crit was a classic L-shaped downtown neighborhood course with some technical sections to keep you on your toes and the group strung out in single file.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Darrin 2008

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