Sit In

Word SIT IN
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Definitions and meanings of "Sit In"

What do we mean by sit in?

An organized protest demonstration in which participants seat themselves in an appropriate place and refuse to move. noun

The act of occupying the seats or an area of a segregated establishment to protest racial discrimination. noun

A protest in which people refuse to leave. noun

A form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move noun

A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave.

The occupying of an area by a large group of protesters, effectively blocking an area off to a particular person or people until removal by force or the achievement of the goal (popularized in The U.S. by the Civil Rights Movement) Urban Dictionary

The Fonz's version of "piss off" or "screw you" and countless other negatory response variations. (really kinda racey for it's time) i never really thought about what it literally meant when i was like 5 yrs old. but seeing the reruns now i'm like OMG WTF?!?!? does he really want everyone to sit on his... um, motorcycle? heheh. Urban Dictionary

1. A gaming term used to let another player know he has just been owned, or is inferior. 2. Take a seat (as in step down) Urban Dictionary

Ones place during a heated conversation, disagreement, or general communication. An individual doesn't necessarily having to be sitting down. Describes an individuals state at the time of communication Urban Dictionary

Your ass is looking fat or is looking good Urban Dictionary

Something that is both tit and the shit; an object, person, event, saying, etc. that meets the requirements of being both tit and the shit Urban Dictionary

The thinking man's sport. Urban Dictionary

Having drinks, usually at somebody's house (Andhra Pradesh slang). Urban Dictionary

Anacronym: Sex In The Streets Used to describe acts of sexual behaviour performed in the streets. Urban Dictionary

Lazier version of saying "shit" Urban Dictionary

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The word "sit-in" in example sentences

Witnesses said the clashes began when riot police dismantled a small tent camp set up to commemorate the hundreds of protesters killed in the uprising and attacked around 200 peaceful demonstrators who had camped in the square overnight in an attempt to restart a long-term sit-in there. ❋ AYA BATRAWY (2011)

"It's very apparent that there will be no security during the coming elections," said Mahmoud Fathy, a candidate from the Salafi Fadila Party, which supports the protesters but opposed the idea of a long-term sit-in. ❋ Unknown (2011)

CAIRO - Thousands of police clashed with protesters for control of downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday after security forces tried to stop activists from staging a long-term sit-in there. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Police and protesters clashed for control of downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday, after security forces tried to stop activists from staging a long-term sit-in in the symbolic site. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Witnesses said the violence began when riot police dismantled a small tent camp set up to commemorate protesters killed in the uprising and attacked around 200 peaceful demonstrators who had camped out in the square overnight in an attempt to restart a long-term sit-in there. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Thousands of police clashed with protesters for control of downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday after security forces tried to stop activists from staging a long-term sit-in there, killing one person and injuring more than 600 people. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Will they use Facebook to organize a 20,000-person rally for a carbon tax, or call a sit-in on one of our dwindling glaciers? ❋ Craig (2011)

Despite the insistence by Ella Baker and other movement leaders that the objectives of the sit-in movement were, as Baker said, “bigger than a hamburger” and “not limited to a drive for personal freedom,” testimonies by sit-in participants indicate that many African Americans in the South welcomed the desegregation of public space as their entry into the consumer culture. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

After the lunch counter at the largest department store in Atlanta was desegregated, sit-in organizers were dismayed that the first black people to eat there honored the occasion by dressing in their finest clothes, including fur coats. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Because the prophetic organizing tradition of Afro-American churches is alive and well, we are witnessing a contemporary civil rights movement, half a century after the sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. ❋ Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (2011)

Later, about 30 youths in the capital broke a curfew and set up camp near the heavily guarded Interior Ministry, bringing mats, food and water for an overnight sit-in. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The sit-in [made] more [sense] than [burning flags]. ❋ The Return Of Light Joker (2010)

Ralph asks if he can borrow [Fonzie's] leather coat to impress a chick. [Fonzie] then replies in jest "[Sit on it]!" ❋ E-fu (2003)

[Player 1]: I'm gonna [own you] like a noob! player 2: (*[Frags] [player 1]*) sit dude. ❋ Raz (2003)

You ain't going to [sit there] and tell me you didn't lie on me. Jessica gon' sit there and tell me she didn't steal that money from me. Dude just gonna sit there an do nothing after he was hit. I called the store regarding the wrong merchandise and the [customer service representative] I spoke to sat there and told me [something dumb]. ❋ Uptwnxs (2017)

Damn [her ass] [looking] nice she [sitting on it] ❋ Anonymousxlightskin (2020)

You are....SO [FUCKING] [SIT]! [YA] SOOOOOOO SIIIITTTTT ❋ Mark Beastham (2010)

philosophers are always seen in a big [leather chair], scratching their [chins] and SITTING. "-i think i'm going to take a run and clear my mind. -yeahh i'm actually going to sit and [ponder] world issues...dumbass" ❋ Mimigethyphy (2007)

[Raja]: What are your plans for tonight? [Rani]: We are doing a sitting at [Kumar's] place. ❋ Kumar Raja Rani (2008)

Friend: "Hey Joe, [what did you do] with that girl last night after we left [Moore] [Park]?" Joe: "SITS...." ❋ Mookie S (2006)

sit [yo]. ❋ Waudi C. Wilkins (2003)

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