Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Multicultural London English, slang)A dope fiend, a druggie.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I'll spare you the nitty gritty.

  2. He wants the nitty-gritty details.

  3. Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.

    deKommen wir zum Wesentlichen. — mraz

Origin

From nit + -y. The “foolish, inane” adjective sense is from nit (“fool, nitwit”), possibly

From nit + -y. The “foolish, inane” adjective sense is from nit (“fool, nitwit”), possibly under the influence of nutty (“crazy, mad”).

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Forms

plural: nitties
Singularnitty
Pluralnitties

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nitty — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto