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nits

/nɪts/

nits is the plural of nit.

Meaning of nit

Noun

nit (plural nits)

  1. The egg of a louse.
  2. A young louse.
  3. (Ireland, UK, broadly) A head louse regardless of its age.
  4. (UK, slang) A fool, a nitwit.
  5. A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
  6. A nitpicker.

See all 10 meanings of nit

Noun capitalized: NITs

NITs

  1. (plural) plural of NIT

Words that rhyme with nits

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Questions about nits

What is nits the plural of?
Nits is the plural of nit.
What part of speech is nits?
Nits is a noun.
How do you pronounce nits?
Nits is pronounced /nɪts/.

Words near nits in the dictionary

  1. nitrum
  2. nitrum flammans
  3. nitry
  4. nitryl
  5. nitryls
  6. nits
  7. Nitsche
  8. Nitsches
  9. Nitschke
  10. Nitschkes
  11. nitschkiaceous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nits (page history and authors); NITs (page history and authors); nit (page history and authors). 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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