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crit

/kɹɪt/

crit noun: criticism.

Noun (1)

crit (countable and uncountable, plural crits)

  1. (informal) Criticism.
  2. (informal) Critique.
  3. (informal) A proponent of critical legal studies.
  4. A criterium race.
  5. (slang, roleplaying games) A critical hit.

Verb

crit (third-person singular simple present crits, present participle critting, simple past and past participle crit or critted)

  1. (ambitransitive, slang, roleplaying games) To attack with a critical hit.
    • Now when talking randomness, players don't mind as long as it's not a negative random chance, for instance, missing causes more annoyance than an opponent dodging, we don't mind an opponent critting against us, but we hate it if something we do affects how much damage we take (aka rolling a 1).2010 Christopher Wragg, replying to Timothy Ryan's MMO Balancing Techniques Gamasutra
    • January 2013 Elliot Metson, Team Fortress 2 guide - conquering Mann vs Machine's expert mode PC Gamer
      Finally, the Axtinguisher just about edges the Neon Annihilator as the best melee weapon because you're in control of whether your target's on fire or not, whereas the Neon Annihilator's critting...

Noun (2)

crit (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Haematocrit.

Examples of crit in a sentence

  • Although, I'm just as interested in the Scout's new back-critting shotgun.2014, Phil Savage, Team Fortress 2's 'Love and War' update out now, PC Gamer:
  • Fixed a bug where, when Statikk Shiv’s chain lighting was proc’d by Pulsefire Ezreal’s Q - Mystic Shot, it wasn’t properly critting at 100% crit chance2017, League of Legends Patch 7.11 change list, The Rift Herald:

Forms of crit

Noun
pluralcrits
Verb
third-person singular presentcrits
present participlecritting
past participlecrit
pastcrit
past participlecritted
pastcritted

Plural of crit: crits

Origin of crit

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

Short for haematocrit.

Words formed from crit

Words that rhyme with crit

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Questions about crit

What does crit mean?
Crit means criticism.
How do you use crit in a sentence?
Although, I'm just as interested in the Scout's new back-critting shotgun.
What part of speech is crit?
Crit can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce crit?
Crit is pronounced /kɹɪt/.
What is the plural of crit?
The plural of crit is crits.

Words near crit in the dictionary

  1. cristulids
  2. cristæ
  3. Crisul Alb
  4. Criswell
  5. Criswells
  6. crit
  7. crit care
  8. crit out
  9. Critchfield
  10. Critchfields
  11. Critchley

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