git

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   an eye-dialect or pronunciation spelling of get

   The speaker urged him to git home before dark.

2. 2
   noun

   chiefly British informal: an annoying, foolish, or contemptible person

   He apologized for behaving like a selfish git.

3. 3
   intj

   a command to go away, especially when driving away an animal

   Git! she shouted, waving the chickens out of the kitchen.

The dialect verb is a pronunciation spelling of get. The British insult probably continues an obsolete noun get ("offspring, especially an illegitimate child"), from get or beget, before broadening to mean an objectionable person.

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