jeet
English
Etymology
A compressed pronunciation of the words did you eat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒit/, /dʒiʔ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Interjection
jeet
- (US, slang) Did you eat?
- 1976, Jack Ansell, Giants, Berkley Medallion, OCLC 9331979, page 76:
- "Jeet yet?" he asks. He asks it every time they're together, though usually not this early.
- 2002, The Postal Record (volume 115, page 17)
- So it will come as no surprise if a local inquires whether you've eaten yet — or, as Philadelphians say, "Jeet yet?"
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Anagrams
- jete, jeté
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeːt/, /ʒeːt/
Verb
jeet
- third-person singular present indicative of joen