Definitions for sit-in

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IPA: /ˈsɪtˌɪn/

Sit-In is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in sit-in (-iinst).

Definitions for sit-in

noun

1. any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
2. an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
3. sit-down strike.

Origin of sit-in

1955-60; noun use of verb phrase sit in (a place); cf. sit¹, -in³

Examples for sit-in

Our number of martyrs since the clearing of the sit-in 107.

Outside Rabaa, however, the presence of so many children at the sit-in has caused an uproar.

The organizers of the protest, who did not have a permit for the sit-in, refused to leave and police began to arrest them in mass.

“They said there was supposed to be a sit-in,” he said of what he knew of plans for the protest.

Clashes with security forces on the outskirts of the sit-in have twice sparked massacres, leaving some 150 Morsi supporters dead.

In fact, as the sit-in has pressed on, the number of children there has seemed to rise.

And when the families of the executed announced a sit-in in front of Tehran University, authorities blocked their way.

Security sources say the children provide a serious logistical challenge to their efforts at dispersing the sit-in.

They tore down some tents of the sit-in and set fire to the others.

During spring break, more than a dozen of them, accompanied by a teacher, staged a sit-in to protest the closure.