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{{non-gloss|The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.}}

{{non-gloss|A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.}}

(obsolete) {{non-gloss|An affectionate third-person singular personal pronoun.}}

(offensive) {{non-gloss|A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or non-binary.}}

{{non-gloss|Refers to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.}}

{{non-gloss|The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy ''it'' or weather ''it'').}}

{{non-gloss|The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.}}

{{n-g|Referring to a desirable quality or ability, or quality of being successful, fashionable or in vogue.}}

{{n-g|Referring to sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.}}

Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.

{{non-gloss|The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory ''it'' or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a ''to''-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.}}

All or the end; something after which there is no more.

(obsolete) {{n-g|Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun}}: That which; what.

(obsolete) Its.

One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.

(tag) The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

(British) A game of tag.

(informal) A desirable characteristic, as being fashionable.

(informal) Sexual intercourse.

(informal) Sex appeal.

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(the id)

(colloquial) Most fashionable, popular{{,}} or in vogue.