quit

  • 31quit — verb (quits, quitting; past and past participle quitted or quit) 1》 leave, especially permanently. 2》 informal resign from (a job). 3》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue. 4》 (quit oneself) archaic behave in a specified way …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 32quit — verb 1) she quit work at 12:30 Syn: leave, vacate, exit, depart from, withdraw from; abandon, desert 2) he s decided to quit his job Syn: resign from, leave, give up, hand in one s notice …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 33quit — verb 1) he quit the office at 12.30 Syn: leave, vacate, exit, depart from 2) informal he quit his job Syn: resign from, leave, give up, hand in one s notice; informal chuck, pack in 3) …

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  • 34quit — [c]/kwɪt / (say kwit) verb (quit or quitted, quitting) –verb (t) 1. to stop, cease, or discontinue. 2. to depart from; leave. 3. to give up; let go; relinquish. 4. to let go one s hold of (something grasped). 5. Obsolete to acquit (oneself).… …

  • 35quit — Guitguit Guit guit , n. [So called from its note.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family {C[oe]rebid[ae]}, allied to the creepers; called also {quit}. See {Quit}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36quit — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, abscond, acquit, act, atone, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, bear, beat a retreat, beat it, beg off, belay, blow, bow out, cancel, carry, cease, chuck, clear, clear of, clear …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 37quit — [13] Quit comes from the same ultimate source as quiet – Latin quiētus. This originally meant simply ‘quiet, calm’, but in medieval Latin it developed a wider range of senses, including ‘unharmed’ and ‘free’. From it was derived the verb quiētāre …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38quit —   Ha alele, waiho.    ♦ Quit it! Uoki!    ♦ To quit work, ha alele i ka hana; olohani …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 39quit — To leave; remove from; surrender possession of; as when a tenant quits the premises or receives a notice to quit. notice to quit adj Clear; discharged; free; also spoken of persons absolved or acquitted of a charge …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 40quit — [13] Quit comes from the same ultimate source as quiet – Latin quiētus. This originally meant simply ‘quiet, calm’, but in medieval Latin it developed a wider range of senses, including ‘unharmed’ and ‘free’. From it was derived the verb quiētāre …

    Word origins