blit
noun, verb
blit is spelled B-L-I-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blit means “A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied in memory, most commonly used to animate two-dimensional graphics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blit is blits.
How many letters and syllables are in blit?
| Letters | 4: B-L-I-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is blit?
Blit appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of blit
- blits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blitting participle, present
- blitted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A logical operation in which a block of data is rapidly moved or copied in memory, most commonly used to animate two-dimensional graphics.
verb
- 1
To transfer by a blit operation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blit come from?
From BitBLT, the name of a computer graphics operation which stands for bit-block transfer and is pronounced bit blit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).