Meanings
crit1
plural crits
- countableinformaluncountableCriticism.
- countableinformaluncountableCritique.
- countableinformaluncountableA proponent of critical legal studies.
- countableuncountablecyclingA criterium race.
- countableslanguncountableroleplaying gamesA critical hit.
present singular third person crits · participle present critting · participle past critted · past critted
- ambitransitiveslangroleplaying gamesTo attack with a critical hit.
August 2013 Nic rowen, Rogue Legacy: Family survival guide Destructoid It's easy to look past his low health when he's critting for triple damage on more than half his hits.
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2010 Christopher Wragg, replying to Timothy Ryan's MMO Balancing Techniques Gamasutra Now when talking randomness, players don't mind as long as it's not a negative random chance, for instance, missing causes more annoyance than an opponent dodging, we don't mind an opponent critting against us, but we hate it if something we do affects how much damage we take (aka rolling a 1).
January 2013 Elliot Metson, Team Fortress 2 guide - conquering Mann vs Machine's expert mode PC Gamer Finally, the Axtinguisher just about edges the Neon Annihilator as the best melee weapon because you're in control of whether your target's on fire or not, whereas the Neon Annihilator's critting of wet targets is down to your team.
Chiefly, I suspect, it's because we want to try out the Soldier's new parachute. Although, I'm just as interested in the Scout's new back-critting shotgun.
2014, Phil Savage, Team Fortress 2's 'Love and War' update out now, PC Gamer2016 Dota 2 7.00 patch adds Monkey King, talents, new HUD, more PC Invasion Boundless Strike looks like Fissure only without the giant wall of earth, instead critting and stunning enemies in a line.
Fixed a bug where, when Statikk Shiv’s chain lighting was proc’d by Pulsefire Ezreal’s Q - Mystic Shot, it wasn’t properly critting at 100% crit chance
2017, League of Legends Patch 7.11 change list, The Rift Herald
crit2
- colloquialuncountablemedicineHaematocrit.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
crit · noun, verb
From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Swedish kritta
- krittaTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with crit
Cite this entry
crit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crit
“crit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crit.
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