newt
verbEtymology From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.
1
To turn (someone) into a newt, especially by magic.
- If you moved first and newted someone , you were a murderer.2012, Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 109:
2
Broadly, Informal To (usually temporarily) expel a user from a MUD or similar system
- So instead Sredna [presumably an abbreviation of "Nosredna", one of the LambdaMOO wizards] newted Finn. She newted him, and though she did not specify the length of time for which he was to remain newted, it seemed clear enough that forever would be just fine with the wizards.1998, Julian Dibbell, My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World, Julian Dibbell, →ISBN, page 222:
- If, after a period of newting, the person still refuses to adhere to proper conduct and[…]2001, Jan Rune Holmevik, High Wired: On the Design, Use, and Theory of Educational MOOs, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 140:
- Synonyms
- ask, askard, eft, salamander
- Derived terms
- alpine newt, California newt, dragonewt, fire-bellied newt, great crested newt, Iberian ribbed newt, newtish, newtlike, newtling, newtly, paddle-tailed newt, palmated newt, palmate newt, pissed as a newt, smooth newt