(also in pl) reasoning power; intelligence
Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him — Minna Antrim
(also in pl) sanity
out of their wits
the ability to use relate seemingly disparate words or ideas so as to create a humorous effect
a talent for making quick clever amusing replies
written or spoken examples of this ability or talent
a person with this ability or talent
a witty person
archaic
the five mental faculties of common sense, imagination, fancy, estimation, and memory
In our last conflict four of his five wits went halting off and now is the whole man governed with one — Shakespeare
more loosely, the five bodily senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell
archaic a person of superior intellect; a thinker
to be so harassed or worried that one does not know what to do
to frighten somebody very much; to terrify them
to be alert
to make one's living by clever or cunning methods rather than regular or honest work