Usually means: Occupying space as form of protest.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word sit in:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. sit in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sit-in, sit in: Merriam-Webster
  3. sit-in, sit in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sit-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sit-in, sit-in: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sit-in, sit in: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sit-In, Sit-in, sit-in: Wordnik
  8. sit-in, sit in: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sit-in, sit in: Wiktionary
  10. sit-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sit-in: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sit-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sit-in, sit in: Dictionary.com
  14. sit-in: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sit-in: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sit-in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. sit-in, sit in: Rhymezone
  18. sit-in, sit in: FreeDictionary.org
  19. sit-in, sit in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. sit-in, sit in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sit-in, sit in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sit in: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sit in: The Folk File

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Sit in: Sports Definitions

(Note: See sit_ins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sit in)

verb:  (idiomatic) To attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.
verb:  (music) To take part in a group musical performance, especially a jazz session, as a temporary guest.
verb:  To participate in a sit-in protest.

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