gitgit

• Hyphenation: git‧git

gitgit

1. the white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡitˈɡit/ [ɡɪt̪ˈɡɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: git‧git

gitgít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. jostling; act of elbowing one's way into a thick crowd

   Synonyms: siksik, pagsiksik, pakikipagsiksikan

2. insistence (of one's wish or desire)

   Synonyms: giit, paggigiit

3. small nick; small cut (made by a bladed instrument)

   Synonym: gatgat

4. cutting of a small nick (by pressing backward and forward a bladed instrument)
5. welt left by tight binding material (such as string, wire, cord, etc.)
6. gnashing of teeth

   Synonyms: ngalit, giting

gitgít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

1. crowded

   Synonyms: sikip, siksikan, gipit

2. marked by the pressure of a cord or wire around something