whit

noun

ˈ(h)wit How to pronounce whit (audio)
Definition of whitnext
as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable I care not a whit about what other people think

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Recent Examples of whit Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play. — Chris Morris, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025 The whit and the whoo are from different owls. — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies. — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 Nevertheless, the basic design of commercial nuclear power reactors has changed not a whit. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2010 See All Example Sentences for whit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whit
  1. damn
  2. lick
  3. hoot
  4. shred
Noun
  • Trump is not a successful deal maker, because no deal Trump makes is worth a damn.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • And if that is to be the case, most Chicagoans do not give a damn whether the team goes to Arlington Heights or Hammond.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
Definition of damn
Noun
  • Opening with the title track, feedback-heavy licks set the temperature as Dillom catches us up on the escapades of recent years.
    — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But for healthy kids and adults, the occasional lick is fine, experts say.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of lick
Noun
  • Ranging from the sound of emergency sirens and birds screeching to low grunts and guttural hoots, their vocalizations reverberate from a sanctuary in the hot, dry hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles.
    — Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The End of Oak Street is a hoot and a half, but its resolutions yield far more questions than actual answers.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of hoot
Noun
  • Shouts of awe echoed behind as the final shred of the solar disk created a magnificent Diamond ring flare effect on the trailing edge of the lunar disk.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The food is stellar, as is the service, but there isn’t a shred of pretence about any of it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of shred

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“Whit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whit. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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