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Chit
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- 1 Shit. US, euphemistic, slang
- 1 A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
"Madam was a little chit of a woman, not five feet in her highest headdress and shoes, and Mr. Washington a great tall man of six feet two."
- 2 The embryonic growing bud of a plant.
"Near-synonyms: shoot, sprout, seedling"
- 3 A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message. dated
- 4 A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
"Then lastly (with their Chit) they cleave their Laths into their thicknesses, by the Quarter Grain, which is that Grain which is seen to run in strait Lines towards the Pith."
- 5 Shit. US, euphemistic, slang, uncountable
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- 6 the bill in a restaurant wordnet
- 7 A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
"Hilda drove in silence for some time after this piece of unheard-of insolence from that chit Connie."
- 8 An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple. obsolete
- 9 A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system. historical
- 10 a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect wordnet
- 11 A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
- 12 A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
"1.4.3 Also on the board, but turned face down at the beginning of the game, are chits representing treasure sites and sounds and warnings of monsters that may arrive on the map. When characters end a turn in the hex, these chits are revealed. As characters move around the board, more and more of these chits will be revealed, letting the players know where monsters and treasures are to be found."
- 13 A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. China, India, Philippines
"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."
- 14 A restaurant bill or check Philippines
"When asking for the bill or chit in a Philippine restaurant, you can make use of hand signals if the waiter is quite far off."
- 15 A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor. US, slang
"Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor."
- 1 To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant. British, dialectal, intransitive
"I have known it chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth of the Cistern and within three days come enough; the Maltster being forced to stir it six, seven or eight times a day,"
- 2 To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination. British, dialectal, transitive
- 3 To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil. British, dialectal, transitive
"Gardeners argue among themselves about how necessary chitting is, but I stick with tradition and do chit my seed potatoes."
Etymology
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.
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.
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.
From chitty, from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note, written message”). Doublet of cure.
Perhaps from specialized technical use of Etymology 2, above, “a bud; an excrescence” (Hunter 1882).
Euphemistic variation of shit.
Euphemistic variation of shit.
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