Showing posts with label quit or. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quit or. Show all posts

Friday, September 23, 2016

quitter, quittor

Quitter or quitter means someone who gives up too easily; who doesn't finish what he or she starts --
He is still struggling with those math problems; at least he isn't a quitter.
Only a quitter would give up so soon; you've only been working an hour.

Quittor or quittor means a degenerative disease of an animal's hoof--
The vet is treating that horse for quittor; no one should ride him.
A bad case of quittor left him lame, so we put him out to pasture.

Now that you know that, you can say --
"This horse is no quitter; we thought the quittor would hobble him, but he finished the race."

Note -- "quit or" ( two words ) means to stop, resign, or give up ( quit ) offered as an alternative ( or ) --
Shall we quit or finish the job?