Whit

Pronunciation

• enPR: wÄ­t, IPA: /wɪt/, /ʍɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Homophones: wit in accents with the wine-whine merger

Full definition of whit

Noun

1. The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.He worked tirelessly to collect and wind a ball of string eight feet around, and it matters not one whit.
• 1602: William Shakespeare, , act V scene 2Not a whit.
• 1917, Incident by Countee CullenNow I was eight and very small,
  And he was no whit bigger
  And so I smiled, but he poked out
  His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.'

Synonyms

• (smallest part imaginable) bit, iota, jot, scrap
• See also .

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