fit
verb
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- “The two stories don”
- “;”
- “;”
- “s fingerprints don”
adjective
physically and mentally sound or healthy
- “felt relaxed and fit after their holiday”
- “keeps fit with diet and exercise”
noun
a sudden uncontrollable attack
- “a paroxysm of giggling”
- “a fit of coughing”
- “convulsions of laughter”
Origin
Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).
Phrases
- blue fit
- canary fit
- conniption fit
- could fit on the back of a postage stamp
- fifth-day fits
- fighting fit
- fit and finish
- fit as a butcher's dog
- fit as a fiddle
- fit as a flea
- fit as a lop
- fit as a Mallee bull
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