leet

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/liːt//ˈliːt/

noun

A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.

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Meanings

leet1

nounleet (plural leets)

plural leets

  1. ScotlandA portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.

leet2

verb
  1. obsoletepastsimple past of let

leet3

nounleet (plural leets)

plural leets

  1. UKobsoleteA regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.

leet4

nounleet (plural leets)

plural leets

  1. UKThe European pollock.

    The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.

    1854, William Hughes, A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, page 27

leet5

nounleet (plural leets)

plural leets

  1. obsoleteA place where roads meet or cross; intersection
  2. alternativeAlternative form of leat (“watercourse”).

leet6

nounleet (uncountable)

alternative 1337 · alternative eleet · alternative el337 · alternative l33t · alternative 31337 · alternative 3l33t

  1. InternetabbreviationdateduncountableAbbreviation of leetspeak.
adjectiveleet (comparative leeter, superlative leetest)

comparative leeter · superlative leetest · alternative 1337 · alternative eleet · alternative el337 · alternative l33t · alternative 31337 · alternative 3l33t

  1. Of or relating to leetspeak.
  2. slangPossessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful.
  3. slangHaving superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
  4. slangAwesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet.

    Powered by leetness! You can have the leetest hardware imaginable in your gaming rig, but it won't matter if you run it with a cheap power supply.

    2006, Maximum PC (Autumn, page 26)

Leet7

proper nounLeet (plural Leets)

plural Leets · alternative Leete

  1. A surname from Old English.

LEET8

nounLEET (plural LEETs)

plural LEETs

  1. A person who is looking for employment, education, or training (but not currently in any of them).

Origin

leet · noun

  1. Frenchélite
  2. Old Norseleiti
  3. Old Frenchlite
  4. Scotsleet
  5. Englishleet

From Scots leet, leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lite, litte, variant of liste (“list”); or from Old Norse leiti, hleyti (“a share, portion”) (compare Old English hlēt (“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening of French élite.

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leet · verb

  1. Old Englishlēt
  2. Englishleet

From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (“to let”).

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leet · noun

  1. Old Englishġelǣte“crossroads”
  2. Medieval Latinleta
  3. Middle Englishlete“meeting”
  4. Englishleet

Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English lete (“meeting”), from Anglo-Norman lete and Medieval Latin leta (Anglo-Latin), possibly from Old English ġelǣte (“crossroads”).

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leet · noun

Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a verb lythe (“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".

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leet · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*galētą
  2. Old Englishġelǣt
  3. Middle Englishlete
  4. Englishleet

From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.

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leet · noun, adjective

Apheretic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.

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Leet · proper noun

  1. Old Englishġelǣte“intersection, crossroads”
  2. EnglishLeet

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a road junction, from Old English ġelǣte (“intersection, crossroads”).

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Translations

German hervorragend, toll
  • hervorragendexpert, masterful
  • tollexpert, masterful

Rhymes & wordplay

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

leet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leet

MLA

“leet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leet.

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