chit

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid. ==== Noun ==== chit (plural chits) A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *chit, *chitte, from Old English ċīþ (“germ, seed, sprout, shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵī-, *ǵey(H)- (“to divide, part, split open, sprout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch kiede (“sprout”), dialectal German Keid (“sprout”). Doublet of chive (etymology 2) and scion. ==== Noun ==== chit (plural chits) The embryonic growing bud of a plant. Near-synonyms: shoot, sprout, seedling the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== chat (“small potato used as fodder”) chine (“ravine”, originally “fissure”), chine (“to split”, obsolete, originally “sprout”) chive (“sliver; stamen”) scion ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== chit (third-person singular simple present chits, present participle chitting, simple past and past participle chitted)(UK, dialectal) (intransitive) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant. (transitive) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination. (transitive) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil. ===== Derived terms ===== mini-chitted ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From chitty, from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note, written message”). Doublet of cure. ==== Noun ==== chit (plural chits) (dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message. (historical) A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system. Synonyms: chitty, scrip, tommy (obsolete) Coordinate term: check (pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip. (gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization. (India, China, Philippines) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. 1901, Falk, by Joseph Conrad He just longed to get away from here and try his luck somewhere else, but for the sake of his sister he hung on and on till he ran himself into debt over his ears—I can tell you. I, myself, could show a handful of his chits for meals and drinks in my drawer. (Philippines) A restaurant bill or check (US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === Perhaps from specialized technical use of Etymology 2, above, “a bud; an excrescence” (Hunter 1882). ==== Noun ==== chit (plural chits) A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 5 === Euphemistic variation of shit. ==== Noun ==== chit (uncountable) (US, slang, euphemistic) Shit. ==== Interjection ==== chit (US, slang, euphemistic) Shit. === References === “chit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “chit”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “chit” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. Hunter, Robert (1882), The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New, and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language with a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use‎[6], Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Company === See also === chit-chat === Anagrams === itch, tich == Hokkien == == Iban == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃit/ === Noun === chit rat == Pnar == === Etymology === From Proto-Pnar-Khasi-Lyngngam *ʧit (“warm”). Cognate with Khasi shit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃit/ === Adjective === chit hot == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic китъ (kitŭ), from Greek κήτος (kítos). Used around the 16th century. ==== Noun ==== chit m (plural chiți) (obsolete) whale, cetacean Synonym: balenă ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French quitte, itself from Latin quiētus (and therefore a doublet of the inherited încet). The variant cfit is from German quitt. ==== Adjective ==== chit m or f or n (indeclinable) only used in chit că (“even though”) and fi chit (“to be even”) ===== Alternative forms ===== cfit === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from German Kitt. ==== Noun ==== chit n (uncountable) (woodworking) putty ===== Declension ===== ==== See also ==== pastă