English
leet
see also: Leet
Pronunciation Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. (Scotland) A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves.
Verb
  1. (obsolete) simple past tense of let
Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. (British, obsolete) A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction.
Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. (UK) The European pollock.
    • 1854, William Hughes, A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans), page 27:
      The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.
Noun

leet (plural leets)

  1. (obsolete) A place where roads meet or cross; intersection
  2. Alternative form of leat#English|leat (“watercourse”)
Noun

leet (uncountable)

  1. (Internet slang, dated) Abbreviation of leetspeak#English|leetspeak.
Adjective

leet (comparative leeter, superlative leetest)

  1. Of or relating to leetspeak.
  2. (slang) Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful.
  3. (slang) Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite.
  4. (slang) Awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet.
    • 2006, Maximum PC (Autumn, page 26)
      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.
Leet
Proper noun
  1. Surname


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