transcription, транскрипция: [ nɪt ]
( nits)
1.
Nits are the eggs of insects called lice which live in people’s hair.
N-PLURAL
2.
If you refer to someone as a nit , you think they are stupid or silly. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
I’d rather leave the business than work with such a nit.
= nitwit, twit
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]