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Crit

//kɹɪt// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Criticism. countable, informal, uncountable
  2. 2
    Haematocrit. colloquial, uncountable
  3. 3
    a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) wordnet
  4. 4
    Critique. countable, informal, uncountable
  5. 5
    A proponent of critical legal studies. countable, informal, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A criterium race. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A critical hit. countable, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To attack with a critical hit. ambitransitive, slang

    "2010 Christopher Wragg, replying to Timothy Ryan's MMO Balancing Techniques Gamasutra Now when talking randomness, players don't mind as long as it's not a negative random chance, for instance, missing causes more annoyance than an opponent dodging, we don't mind an opponent critting against us, but we hate it if something we do affects how much damage we take (aka rolling a 1)."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

Etymology 2

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.

Etymology 3

Short for haematocrit.

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