Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A child.
- noun A saucy girl or young woman.
- noun A statement of an amount owed for food and drink, especially one signed to indicate acceptance of the charge.
- noun A short letter; a note.
- noun A ticket or token, especially one redeemable for food or drink.
- noun A Brownie point.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The germ or embryo of a seed. See cut under
wheat . - noun A pimple; a wart.
- noun 1. A young animal; a whelp.
- noun Specifically— A young cat; a kitten.
- noun A child or babe; a pert young person, especially a girl.
- noun A kind of bird.
- noun An instrument for cleaving laths.
- A Middle English contraction of chideth Chaucer.
- noun In the East Indies, China, Japan, etc., a note or letter; a short writing of any kind, as a letter of recommendation, a note of indebtedness, an order, a pass, etc. The form chitty is not in use in China and Japan.
- noun plural Small rice.
- noun Also used attributively. See
chitty-faced . - To sprout; shoot, as a seed or plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout.
- noun A child or babe; ; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
- noun obsolete An excrescence on the body, as a wart.
- noun A small tool used in cleaving laths.
- intransitive verb To shoot out; to sprout.
- obsolete Chideth.
- noun A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.
- noun India, China, etc. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A child or
babe ; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. - noun A
pert young woman. - noun A
sassy (saucy ) orforward young person. - noun The
embryonic growingbud of a plant; ashoot ; asprout ; aseedling . - noun obsolete An excrescence on the body, as a wart.
- verb intransitive To
sprout ; toshoot , as a seed or plant. - verb transitive To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
- verb transitive To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
- noun A small tool used in cleaving
laths . Compare:froe . - noun A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
- noun pharmacology A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a
scrip . - noun India, China A signed
voucher ormemorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. - noun US, slang A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
- noun US, slang, euphemistic Alternative to using the vulgarity,
shit . - interjection US, slang, euphemistic Alternative to using the vulgarity,
shit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect
- noun the bill in a restaurant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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It would be nice if there was some way to get a "validation" or "partial validation" chit from a merchant if you spent money downtown.
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"I'D like a room," I said, presenting my chit from the station manager.
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A blood chit is a document often carried by aircrew members to aid in their escape or evasion if they crash behind enemy lines.
Harris, Jeffrey L. 1990
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But then, I can see very plainly that the little chit is in danger on all sides of becoming trivial and superficial, – of mistaking wit for wisdom, and thinking she has answered an argument when she has said a smart thing and raised a laugh.
Oldtown Folks 1869
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The DEmmies ain’t doin chit either …. they collectin side money goin thru the motions. .hopin … they get their chance at the lessons learned here ….
Think Progress » Rumsfeld Promises To Defeat The Taliban After Claiming In 2002 It Was Defeated 2006
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A chit is a small document or note; a bill, or any small slip of paper with writing on it, or the outer fringes of a piece of paper.
Think Progress » Sherwood ‘Calling In Chits’ With Right-Wing Leaders 2006
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A chit is a small document or note; a bill, or any small slip of paper with writing on it, or the outer fringes of a piece of paper
Think Progress » Sherwood ‘Calling In Chits’ With Right-Wing Leaders 2006
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I want some one who my mother will indignantly call a chit of a child "-- he gave rather a broken little laugh --" can't I hear her saying it!
If Winter Comes 1925
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The obnoxious papers were swept out of sight -- Miss Stuart made desperate efforts at ease of manner, and morning call chit-chat, but every effort fell flat.
A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860
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A casual kind of chit-chat filled the first minutes of Kate Stewart s class at the University of Washington one evening last week....
Flirting 101? seattlepi.com 2011
BrainyBabe commented on the word chit
A mere chit of a girl.
December 24, 2008