nit
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8.7
- noun
- /nɪt/
:
liendre
- They did indeed smell, and they were crusty with scurf and mange, their hair bushy with nits and uncombed.
- lice and nits
- nits, or eggs
- combing nits
It's like I didn't have nits, but it was a thing of like when you were younger looking for them.
- It's like I didn't have nits, but it was a thing of like when you were younger looking for them.
Examples
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The method involves the most thorough strand-by-strand head check and manual removal of all nits and lice without using any chemicals or toxins.
Blog text (1) -
You want me to get lice and nits in my combs?
Fiction book (1996) -
And earlier today, she asked me to pick nits out of her hair.
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Huebner picked a nit from behind his ear and squished it dead between two fingers.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's like trying to comb out nits with a pitchfork.
Blog text (25) -
She carefully checked her daughter's hair for any nits that might still be there after treatment.
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The teacher instructed the students to look for nits while evaluating the cleanliness of their peers' hair.
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After the kids came home from camp, they found nits in their hair and needed to be treated immediately.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nit for the tiny egg of a louse comes from an old English word that meant the same thing, so a nit is literally a very small, hard-to-see egg often stuck to hair.