NIT
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A nit is the egg of a louse, typically attached to hair or clothing fibers.
Removing nits requires fine-toothed combing, hence nit-picking—obsessive attention to tiny flaws.
In casual use, a nit is a minor complaint or criticism: I have a few nits with the proposal.
In British slang, nit means a foolish person.
Wingless biting parasite
- liceBloodsucking scalp insects
- eggReproductive cell in shell
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
- infestationPest takeover situation
comb · scalp · hair · delousing · treatment · hatching · removal · fine-toothed
Excessively concerned with minor rules
- fault-findingExcessive focus on errors
- quibbleTrivial objection raised
- trivialLacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
petty · detail-oriented · perfectionist · critique · fussy · meticulous · hairsplitting · cavil
Designing functional systems scientifically
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- professorSenior university teacher
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
examination · admission · campus · technical · Indian · institute · polytechnic · entrance
louse
Wingless biting parasite
infestation · comb · scalp · hair · delousing · treatment · hatching · removal · fine-toothed
pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor rules
- fault-findingExcessive focus on errors
- quibbleTrivial objection raised
- trivialLacking significance or weight
minor · petty · detail-oriented · perfectionist · critique · fussy · meticulous · hairsplitting · cavil · pickiness
engineering
Designing functional systems scientifically
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- professorSenior university teacher
curriculum · examination · admission · campus · technical · Indian · institute · polytechnic · entrance · semester
stitch
Thread loop in fabric
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
purl · cable · ribbing · gauge · tension · loop · textile · fiber · knitter · handcraft
- Basketball EventsNBA Finals, playoffs, championship, finals, draft day
- Indian EducationUGC, primary schools, secondary schools, primary education, secondary education
- Indian Institutionsmedical colleges, law schools, business schools, art schools, design schools
- Tech UniversitiesMIT, Caltech, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, RPI
- Digital TVHDTV, SDTV, broadcast, satellite TV, cable systems
NITmain point
Essential takeaway of something
big deal · heart of the matter · substance · crux · showstopper
NITgenius
Person of rare brilliance
brain · mastermind · Einstein · intellectual · brainiac
- nit pickingExcessive focus on minutiae
- picking nits
- nit combTool for removing lice