crit

[ krit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a critic:
This is a sharply edited anthology by the very best of American film crits.
criticism ( def ):
Her library includes many works of English lit crit, with about 60 volumes on Jane Austen alone.
critique:
I read the poem at my writing crit group and got some helpful feedback.
(in role-playing games) a critical hit:
A crit against a shield makes the shield useless.
You only get one chance to roll a crit.

, crit or crit·ted, crit·ting.

(in role-playing games) to achieve a critical hit against (an opponent):
Those big wyverns keep critting me—my health is down to zero again!
to critique or criticize:
I could crit you for the same things you crit me for.

, crit or crit·ted, crit·ting.

(in role-playing games) to achieve a critical hit:
It seemed like the dude crit on every single turn, so he won easily.

crit

[ krit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Cycling Informal.

crit.

crit.

Origin of crit¹

First recorded in 1735–45; by shortening

Origin of crit²

First recorded in 1995–2000; shortening of criterium ( def )

C'est pourquoy vn illustre personnage de ntre temps entre ses preceptes moraux & sentences vrayement dorees, a crit.

Ie ne veux rememorer ce que i'ay crit en mon Histoire de la Nouvelle-France, livre 4.

Ce livre est crit avec plus de vhmence que de vritable loquence; il entraine.

Oui, le roi de Prusse m'a envoy son crit contre l'Essai sur les prjugs.

Il y a diversit d'opinions touchant la langue en laquelle il a t crit ou compos.

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