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CRIT
criterium, crit
(noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
crit (countable and uncountable, plural crits)
(informal) Criticism.
(informal) Critique.
(informal) A proponent of critical legal studies.
(cycling) A criterium race.
Etymology 2
Noun
crit (plural crits)
(slang, role-playing games) A critical hit.
Verb
crit (third-person singular simple present crits, present participle critting, simple past and past participle critted)
(transitive, slang, role-playing games) To land a critical hit on.
Etymology 3
Noun
crit (uncountable)
(medicine, colloquial) Short for haematocrit.
Anagrams
• RCTI
Source: Wiktionary
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