Usually means: Sharp intelligence manifested in humor.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. wit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wit, the wit: Merriam-Webster
  3. wit, wit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wit, wit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wit: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wit: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wit, wi't, wit: Wordnik
  8. wit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. WIT, wit, wit': Wiktionary
  10. wit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. wit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. wit: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. WIT: Dictionary.com
  14. wit (n.), wit (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. wit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. W.I.T, WIT, Wit (disambiguation), Wit (film), Wit (play), Wit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Wit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. wit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. wit: Rhymezone
  20. wit, wit, wit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. wit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Wit: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. wit: FreeDictionary.org
  24. wit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. wit: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. wit: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wit: Legal dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. WIT: Netlingo
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. wit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. wit, wit: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  3. WIT: Acronym Finder
  4. WIT: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. wit: Idioms
  7. wit: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. WIT: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. W.I.T, Wit, wit: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Wit: Brew Monkey Glossary

(Note: See wist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
noun:  (obsolete, usually in the plural) The senses.
noun:  Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
noun:  The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
noun:  Intelligence; common sense.
noun:  Humour, especially when clever or quick.
noun:  A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
verb:  (ambitransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
noun:  (hunting, Australia) Initialism of waterfowl identification test.

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