jeet

English

Etymology

A compressed pronunciation of the words did you eat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒit/, /dʒiʔ/

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Interjection

jeet

1. (US, slang) Did you eat?
   • 1976, Jack Ansell, Giants, Berkley Medallion, →OCLC, 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?"

Anagrams

• jete, jeté

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːt/, /ʒeːt/

Verb

jeet

1. third-person singular present indicative of joen