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rit

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪt/

The English word “rit” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A scratch, a score or a groove.

verb

  1. To scratch or score.
  2. To tear, rip, rend.
  3. To slit.

Etymology

From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną. Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic…

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