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| 1. | a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc. |
| 2. | any receipt, voucher, or similar document, esp. of an informal nature. |
| 3. | Chiefly British. a note; short memorandum. |
[Origin: 1775–85; short for chitty < Hindi chiṭṭī]
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Chit
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| chit 1
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n.
[Obsolete chitty, from Hindi ciṭṭhī, note, letter, from Sanskrit *citrikā, *citritā, note.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| chit 2
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n.
[Middle English, young animal.] |
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chit (1)
"note," 1776, from Mahrati (Hindi) chitthi "letter, note," from Skt. chitra-s "distinctively marked."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
chit (2)
"small child," c.1624, originally "young of a beast" (1382); unrelated to chit (1), perhaps connected to kitten.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| chit | |
noun | |
| 1. | a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect; "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a saucy chit" |
| 2. | the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: check] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
chit [tʃit] noun
a brief note
Example: You must hand in a chit stating your expenses before you receive any money.
Example: You must hand in a chit stating your expenses before you receive any money.
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Chit
Chat\, n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit. 2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore. Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chit
Chink\, n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[=i]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall. Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chit
Chit\ (ch[i^]t), n. [Cf. AS. c[=i][eth] shoot, sprig, from the same root as c[=i]nan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.]1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes. 2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. --Thackeray. 3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.] 4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. --Knight.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Chit
Chit\, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. --Mortimer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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