jeet
English
Etymology
A compressed pronunciation of the words did you (d'ya) eat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒit/, /d͡ʒiʔ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -iːt, -iːʔ
Interjection
jeet
- (US, slang) Did you eat?
- 1976, Jack Ansell, Giants, Berkley Medallion, →OCLC, page 76:
- "Jeet yet?" he asks. He asks it every time they're together, though usually not this early.
- 2002, The Postal Record, volume 115, page 17:
- So it will come as no surprise if a local inquires whether you've eaten yet — or, as Philadelphians say, "Jeet yet?"
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Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeːt/, /ʒeːt/
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