newt

plural newts

1. A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.

present singular third person newts · participle present newting · participle past newted · past newted

1. transitiveTo turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic.

   If you moved first and newted someone , you were a murderer.

   2012, Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 109

2. broadlyinformaltransitiveTo (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system

   If, after a period of newting, the person still refuses to adhere to proper conduct and[…]

   2001, Jan Rune Holmevik, High Wired: On the Design, Use, and Theory of Educational MOOs, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 140

   1 more example

   So instead Sredna [presumably an abbreviation of "Nosredna", one of the LambdaMOO wizards] newted Finn. She newted him, and though she did not specify the length of time for which he was to remain newted, it seemed clear enough that forever would be just fine with the wizards.

   1998, Julian Dibbell, My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World, Julian Dibbell, →ISBN, page 222