English pronunciation · Words Starting with K
Knit Pronunciation
Knit is pronounced NIT, IPA /ˈnɪt/.
NIT
US /ˈnɪt/ · UK /ˈnɪt/
Syllables: NIT (1 syllable)
verb: To make fabric or a garment by looping yarn with needles.
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Knit in a Sentence
- She learned to knit from her grandmother.
- He can knit a scarf in a weekend.
- They knit the pieces together at the shoulder.
Common Mispronunciations of Knit
Not NYT
Trim the vowel down to the i of bit, because a long eye gives night, which has nothing to do with yarn.
Not kuh-NIT
Say it as though the word opened with an n, since the k has been mute in this family since the seventeenth century.
Tip: It is a homophone of nit, the egg of a louse, and the past tense can be either knitted or knit.
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