clit

English

Etymology

Shortened from clitoris.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /klɪt/, [kʰl̥ɪt]

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

clit (plural clits)

1. (informal) The clitoris. [from 1950s]
   • 2006, Tiva Wallon, A Donovan to Love, page 65:

     There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her clit.

2. (slang, derogatory) A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.
3. (offensive, vulgar) A term of abuse.
   • 2000 March 17, Anime566, “Foley is gone, hurray!”, in t-netz.wrestling.wwf, Usenet‎^[1]:

     You screwed up infinately worse when you started this string, dumb clit.

   • 2003, Mark Atwell, Tokoroa, page 197:

     “ […] No, yer dumb clit, it ain't rainin'. Where yer bin? It ain't rained for months.”

   • 2003 September 7, Don Leonard, “Hey Jim-”, in atl.arno, Usenet‎^[2]:

     Well you clit you didn't say shit

   • 2005 June 19, carlygtr, “Items for Sale”, in rec.music.makers.guitar, Usenet‎^[3]:

     Wise up asshole
     Get a life where you're at it as well\stupid clit

   • 2012, Jeremiah Healy, The Staked Goat:

     “ […] I told the woman at the hospital office I was your partner and was bringing you your gun. Hah. The stupid clit told me you was meeting your wife. […] ”

Derived terms

• clithead
• clit tease
• clit teaser

Translations

slang: clitoris

• French: clito (fr) m
• Indonesian: itil (id), kelentit (id), klentit

• Marathi: पुच्ची f (puccī)
• Portuguese: grelo (pt) m

Verb

clit (third-person singular simple present clits, present participle clitting, simple past and past participle clitted)

1. (slang, vulgar, often with "off") To stimulate the clitoris.
   • 1998, Aemilia, Re: Afternoon reading... Group: alt.tasteless

     […] the only two expressions that come to mind are "clitting off" and "tickling the bearded clam"

   • 2009 December 31, Rev. Susie the Floozie, “WHACK-FF WEDNESDAY: “Yo: Ho, Ho”, and a twatful of cum.”, in alt.slack, Usenet:

     Now I can look forward to clitting off at work...

   • 2010, Nicholson Baker, Room Temperature, Grove/Atlantic, Inc. (→ISBN)

     […] and then fell back on the bed and clitted her yum-stump to a box-spring-deep pelvis-lifter of what Patty called an “organasm”?

   • 2017, Gemma Stone, The Sessions, Pink Flamingo Media (→ISBN)

     […] he asked me to masturbate while he watched. (...) “Did he let you come when you clitted off?”