different between greeted vs greets

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???i?t?d/

Verb

greeted

1. simple past tense and past participle of greet
   • 1955 - Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Chapter 13, page 133

     He greeted Milo jovially each time they met and, in an excess of contrite generosity, impulsively recommended Major Major for promotion. The recommendation was rejected at once at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters by ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen, who scribbled a brusque, unsigned reminder that the Army had only one Major Major Major Major and did not intend to lose him by promotion just to please Colonel Cathcart.

Anagrams

• deterge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?ts/

Verb

greets

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greet

Noun

greets pl (plural only)

1. (demoscene) Greetings sent to other demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo.
   • 1998, "andreww", C64 slang (on Internet newsgroup comp.emulators.cbm)

     I was just considering the term 'lamer' (because of all these ROM D00DZ who I think of as 'emulamers') and I was wondering: is 'lamer' a term that is unique to the C64 scene? I haven't seen in used it other circles, but it sure used to crop up a hell of a lot in demos, cracktro greets, etc.

   • 1999, "Mickael Pointier", Oldskool (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)

     At this time, I do not really think it was hypocrisis^[sic] to write "no greets to", or "fucking greets goes to"... The immediate effect was to release some other demoes^[sic], proving you're not lame, and that you can beat your "fucker" :)

Alternative forms

• greetz

Anagrams

• Geters, Steger, Strege, egrets, regest, regets

Scots

Verb

greets

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of greet