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    [Verb]  | "quit" | \ ˈkwit \


    1: give up

    2: give up

    3: to depart from or out of


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English quiten, quitten, from Anglo-French quiter, from quite free of, released, from Latin quietus quiet, at rest;

    [Verb]  | "force quit" 


    1: to force (an unresponsive computer program) to shut down (as by using a series of preset keystrokes)


    Origin: 1991 ;

    [Verb]  | "quiet quit" 


    1: to do the minimum amount of work required for a job : to engage in quiet quitting


    Origin: 2022 ;

    [Verb]  | "rage quit" 


    1: to suddenly stop participating or engaging in (something) in a fit of anger and frustration : to quit (something) in anger


    Origin: 2005 ;

    [Noun]  | "quiet quitting" 


    1: the practice of doing the minimum amount of work required for one's job


    Origin: 2022 ;

    [Noun]  | "quitting" 


    1: the act of leaving a place;


      * e.g., " ... we simply didn't know what to make of the couple's sudden quitting of the party "





    [Verb]  | "quitting" 


    1: to give up (a job or office);


      * e.g., " ... he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant "





    2: to stop doing (something) permanently;


      * e.g., " ... her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking "





    3: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;


      * e.g., " ... quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions "





    [Verb]  | "quit" 


    1: to give up (a job or office);


      * e.g., " ... he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant "





    2: to stop doing (something) permanently;


      * e.g., " ... her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking "





    3: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;


      * e.g., " ... quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions "





     [ "quite, quite" ]

    1: A very posh expression used to express profound agreement, with strong understatement. Only used by the highly posh British. The 'double-quite' is a relative of the 'single quite', used in the similar circumstances, but less profound and much more common. The double-quite is not to be used by amateurs, or the would-be posh. It confers an added degree of standoffishness, unexpressed opinion or derision (as compared to the single quite) with respect to the person or thing being discussed.

      * e.g.,  ... person1: if Anne Boleyn doesn't give the king a male heir, she's going to be in trouble! person 2: quite, quite 

     [ "Quit-quitting" ]

    1: (verb): the act of reversing a course of action, mission, food/drink item, and/or significant other that one has quit prior. To quit the quitting process.

      * e.g.,  ... “Sally told me she quit talking to Josh, but now she is talking to him on the phone right now. She is totally quit-quitting." 

     [ "Quite" ]

    1: A word true gentlemen use when they agree with something another gentleman has spoken. It can also be used as an adjective in stead of "really".

      * e.g.,  ... That man is quite the lad. Yes, quite. 

     [ "Quitness" ]

    1: Quitness can be defined as being a witness to somebody quiting on their potential, a defined goal, or a dream.

      * e.g.,  ... I am a quitness to Lebron James ability to lead the Cavs to a championship. I am a quitness to Lebron James being a role model to youth. 

     [ "no quit" ]

    1: a philosophy for living. The mindset that giving up is not an option.

      * e.g.,  ... Even though he had been knocked to the canvass three times, the boxer had no quit in him as he finished the fifteen round fight with a flurry of punches. 

     [ "quit" ]

    1: It is what you do when people from urban dictionary keep your definitions off.

      * e.g.,  ... Quit: I'm quitting it now, for sure I'll come back to read definitions, but I'm not comming back to create and I hope that they get backrupted and that they all fall from the tenth floor with their asses upside-down. Quit 2: I have not that much time though. Quit 3: I guess they're haters or trolls, peace! Orr, aussie-ass democrats hahaha, stupid people! hahahhaaaa! 

     [ "quit it" ]

    1: What you say when you want someone to stop what they're doing.

      * e.g.,  ... Bart! Quit It! 

     [ "/quit" ]

    1: A common IRC command to leave the channel you are in or have someone remove themselves. This command can be used for many reasons, from not liking the people you are talking to, wanting to piss somebody off by leaving mid conversation making them feel unimportant. You can also have fun with the command by telling a noob to type it in while you roll on the floor laughing as they kill their irc. /quit The universal quitting command

      * e.g.,  ... /quit Goodbye Will quit you from IRC and leave a message saying "Goodbye" 

     [ "quit" ]

    1: What chavs do after twenty minutes of any type of gainful employment.

      * e.g.,  ... " Dis dream Maccy'ds job is shite Raz, im gonna quit! " 

     [ "quit" ]

    1: To end a program.

      * e.g.,  ... Quit AIM. 

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