nit

noun

1. The egg of a louse.
2. A young louse.
3. (Ireland, UK, broadly)A head louse regardless of its age.
4. (UK, slang)A fool, a nitwit.
5. A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
6. A nitpicker.
7. A candela per square metre.

   “This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.”

8. Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
9. A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
10. (India, abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of National Institute of Technology.

verb

1. (Multicultural-London-English)To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.

   “Can’t miss no dots Every shot let caused I’m hittin Used to bag it up in the toilet My mumsie thought I was shittin Ever seen a junky fittin? Ever stepped in a room full of needles? No I ain’t doin no nittin”