Dweet

verb DWEET dwiːt

Also spelled do it, dwiit

A fused contraction of 'do it', treated as a single word meaning to do or get something done. It carries an encouraging, get-on-with-it feeling — 'just dweet' is 'just do it, go for it, make it happen' — and it turns up constantly in the language of striving, hustle, and taking one's chance. Compact and punchy, 'dweet' packs the whole push toward action into one word, urging a person to stop hesitating and simply carry the thing through.

  • Stop talk an dweet.

    Stop talking and do it.

  • If yuh believe inna it, dweet.

    If you believe in it, do it.

    Often used as encouragement.

  • Mi cyaa dweet by miself.

    I can't do it by myself.

A fusion of English 'do it', in which the two words collapse into one — a common process in Jamaican, as in 'gwaan' (go on) and 'cyaa' (can't).

Informal and punchy. Best in speech and casual writing rather than formal contexts.