tuit

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English

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Etymology

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A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.

Noun

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tuit (plural tuits)

  1. (humorous) Synonym of round tuit
    • 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet [1]:
      THIS IS A TUIT
    • 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet [2]:
      My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
    • 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet [3]:
      1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tuit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tuit m (plural tuits)

  1. (Internet) tweet (post on Twitter)
    Synonym: piulada

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tœy̯t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: tuit
  • Rhymes: -œy̯t

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch tute. Cognate with German Tüte (“bag”). Further origin unknown.

Noun

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tuit n (plural tuiten, diminutive tuitje n)

  1. a spout
  2. (obsolete) lock of hair
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: tuit

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tuit

  1. inflection of tuiten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Finnish

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Verb

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tuit

  1. second-person singular past indicative of tukea

Anagrams

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Irish

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Noun

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tuit f (genitive singular tuite, nominative plural tuiteanna)

  1. Alternative form of toit (“smoke”)

Declension

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Declension of tuit

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tuit tuiteanna
Vocative a thuit a thuiteanna
Genitive tuite tuiteanna
Dative tuit tuiteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tuit na tuiteanna
Genitive na tuite na dtuiteanna
Dative leis an tuit

don tuit

leis na tuiteanna

Verb

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tuit (present analytic tuiteann, future analytic tuitfidh, verbal noun tuitim, past participle tuite)

  1. Alternative form of tit (“fall”)

Conjugation

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conjugation of tuit (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tuitim tuiteann tú;
tuitir† 		tuiteann sé, sí tuitimid tuiteann sibh tuiteann siad;
tuitid† 		a thuiteann; a thuiteas /
a dtuiteann* 		tuitear
past thuit mé; thuiteas thuit tú; thuitis thuit sé, sí thuiteamar; thuit muid thuit sibh; thuiteabhair thuit siad; thuiteadar a thuit /
ar thuit* 		tuiteadh
past habitual thuitinn / dtuitinn‡‡ thuiteá / dtuiteᇇ thuiteadh sé, sí / dtuiteadh sé, s퇇 thuitimis; thuiteadh muid / dtuitimis‡‡; dtuiteadh muid‡‡ thuiteadh sibh / dtuiteadh sibh‡‡ thuitidís; thuiteadh siad / dtuitidís‡‡; dtuiteadh siad‡‡ a thuiteadh /
a dtuiteadh* 		thuití / dtuit퇇
future tuitfidh mé;
tuitfead 		tuitfidh tú;
tuitfir† 		tuitfidh sé, sí tuitfimid;
tuitfidh muid 		tuitfidh sibh tuitfidh siad;
tuitfid† 		a thuitfidh; a thuitfeas /
a dtuitfidh* 		tuitfear
conditional thuitfinn / dtuitfinn‡‡ thuitfeá / dtuitfeᇇ thuitfeadh sé, sí / dtuitfeadh sé, s퇇 thuitfimis; thuitfeadh muid / dtuitfimis‡‡; dtuitfeadh muid‡‡ thuitfeadh sibh / dtuitfeadh sibh‡‡ thuitfidís; thuitfeadh siad / dtuitfidís‡‡; dtuitfeadh siad‡‡ a thuitfeadh /
a dtuitfeadh* 		thuitfí / dtuitf퇇
subjunctive present go dtuite mé;
go dtuitead† 		go dtuite tú;
go dtuitir† 		go dtuite sé, sí go dtuitimid;
go dtuite muid 		go dtuite sibh go dtuite siad;
go dtuitid† 		— go dtuitear
past dá dtuitinn dá dtuiteá dá dtuiteadh sé, sí dá dtuitimis;
dá dtuiteadh muid 		dá dtuiteadh sibh dá dtuitidís;
dá dtuiteadh siad 		— dá dtuití
imperative tuitim tuit tuiteadh sé, sí tuitimis tuitigí;
tuitidh† 		tuitidís — tuitear
verbal noun tuitim
past participle tuite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuit thuit dtuit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Old French

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Adjective

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tuit m

  1. nominative singular of tot (“all”)

Adverb

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tuit

  1. nominative singular of tot (“all; completely”)

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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·tuit

  1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·tuit

tuit

  1. second-person singular present imperative of do·tuit

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tuit thuit tuit
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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tuit

  1. all; every

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish do·tuit (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t̪uʰtʲ], /t̪ʰuʰtʰʲ/

Verb

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tuit (past thuit, future tuitidh, verbal noun tuiteam, past participle tuite)

  1. fall
  2. happen, befall, chance
  3. stumble, slip
  4. subside
  5. sink
  6. set (as the sun)
  7. benight
  8. be seduced by
  9. fail
  10. damp

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tuit thuit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Orthographically adapted by the Fundación del Español Urgente for the English-borrowed word to have a more Hispanic form rather than the English one. Added to the dictionary of the Real Academia Española in 2015.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtwit/ [ˈt̪wit̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: tuit

Noun

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tuit m (plural tuits)

  1. (computing) tweet (post on Twitter)
    • 2019 February 6, Elvira Guillén, “Premios Oscar sin anfitrión”, in Teleradio América Noticias‎[5]:
      En diciembre, el comediante Kevin Hart declinó una oferta de la Academia para presentar los Oscar debido a una controversia que se desató por unos tuits homofóbicos de hace una década.
      In December, the comedian Kevin Hart declined an offer from the Academy to host the Oscars due to a controversy sparked by some homophobic tweets from a decade ago.
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Further reading

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