different between nitter vs sitter

English

Etymology

nit +? -er

Noun

nitter (plural nitters)

1. (zoology) A louse that deposits nits on horses.

Anagrams

• retint, ritten, tinter

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nit?/

Adjective

nitter

1. low

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

English

Etymology

From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?t?/, [?s???]
• Rhymes: -?t?(?)

Noun

sitter (plural sitters)

1. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
2. One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.

   It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.

3. A participant in a séance.
4. A broody hen.
5. (soccer and snooker, slang) A very easy scoring chance.

   How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!

   • 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)[3]

     Aaron Ramsey, a hero last season against Hull, missed a sitter at the end of normal time that would have made the game safe and must have been relieved that his shot against a post from four yards out did not cost his side more dearly.

Derived terms

• babysitter, baby-sitter, baby sitter
• catsitter, cat-sitter, cat sitter
• dogsitter, dog-sitter, cat sitter
• homesitter, home-sitter, home sitter
• housesitter, house-sitter, house sitter
• petsitter, pet-sitter, pet sitter
• puppysitter, puppy-sitter, puppy sitter

See also

• bedsitter
• sit
• sitting duck

Anagrams

• Strite, Tetris, streit, tirest, titers, titres, tretis, triest, triset, triste

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

sitter

1. present of sitte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sitter

1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of sitje

Swedish

Verb

sitter

1. present tense of sitta.

Anagrams

• istret, triste