newt
UK/ˈnjuːt/
More pronunciations (2)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈnjuːt/
newt noun: a small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
Noun
newt (plural newts)
Verb
newt (third-person singular simple present newts, present participle newting, simple past and past participle newted)
- To turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic.
- If you moved first and newted someone , you were a murderer.2012, Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 109
- To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system
- So instead Sredna [presumably an abbreviation of "Nosredna", one of the LambdaMOO wizards] newted Finn. She newted him, and though she did not specify the length of time for which he was to remain newted, it seemed clear enough that forever would be just fine with the wizards.1998, Julian Dibbell, My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World, Julian Dibbell, →ISBN, page 222
- If, after a period of newting, the person still refuses to adhere to proper conduct and[…]2001, Jan Rune Holmevik, High Wired: On the Design, Use, and Theory of Educational MOOs, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 140
newt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
newt in Hindi
- type of salamander
- सरटिका sarṭikā
newt in Tamil
- பல்லியின வகை
newt in Marathi
- न्यूट
newt in Urdu
- نیوٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- newt in Bengali
- গোসাপ, গোধিকা
- newt in Telugu
- తలకప్ప talakappa
- newt in Malayalam
- ന്യൂട്ട്
- newt in Kannada
- ನ್ಯೂಟ್, ನ್ಯೂಟ್ಗೆ
- newt in Punjabi
- ਨਿਊਟ, ਨਿਊਟ ਤੱਕ
- newt in Gujarati
- ન્યૂટ
- newt in Odia
- ନ୍ଯ଼ୁଟ୍, ନ୍ଯ଼ୁଟକୁ
- newt in Assamese
- নিউট niut
- newt in Nepali
- न्यूट
- newt in Tagalog
- triton
- newt in Arabic
- سَمَنْدَل samandal
- newt in Persian
- سمندرک samandarak
- newt in Thai
- นิวต์ níu
- newt in Vietnamese
- sa giông
Examples of newt in a sentence
- Great crested newts, “askers”, used to be common in the Marshwood Vale.
- Even distinguished businessmen went out, got newted and did stupid things on Saturday night.
- Eventually she managed to slide the lid of the pencil-box right home and the newt was hers.
Synonyms of newt
Forms of newt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | newts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | newts |
| present participle | newting |
| past participle | newted |
| past | newted |
Origin of newt
From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.
Words formed from newt
Words that rhyme with newt
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
- cheroot
Questions about newt
- What does newt mean?
- Newt means a small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
- What is newt in Hindi?
- Newt in Hindi is सरटिका (sarṭikā). See Newt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is newt?
- Newt can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce newt?
- Newt is pronounced /ˈnjuːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of newt?
- The plural of newt is newts.
Words near newt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: newt (page history and authors); newt (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); newt (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newt (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newt (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తలకప్ప (Telugu) (page history and authors); newt (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newt (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newt (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newt (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); newt (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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