lit

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
2. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)

   “[…] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.”

3. (US, dialectal)To run or light (alight).

   “With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!”

4. (transitive)To colour; dye.

adj

1. Illuminated.

   “He walked down the lit corridor.”

2. (slang)Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

   “True to my word last night, I got very lit.”

3. (slang, usually)Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
4. (slang)Exciting, captivating; fun.

   “This party is gonna be lit.”

   “DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?”

   “If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.”

   “New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.”

5. (slang)Excellent, fantastic; cool.

   “Those jeans are lit.”

   “[…] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.”

   “At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.”

   “The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.”

6. (obsolete)Little.

noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable)Little.
2. (UK, dialectal, uncountable)Colour; blee; dye; stain.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable)Clipping of literature.

   “Do we have any lit homework tonight?”

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of literature.

name

1. A village in Östersund municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden.