chit

IPA: tʃˈɪt

A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
The embryonic growing bud of a plant
(obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
(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.
(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) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
(US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
(US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.

(intransitive, Britain, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
(transitive, Britain, dialect) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
(transitive, Britain, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.

Examples of "chit" in Sentences

"I'D like a room," I said, presenting my chit from the station manager.
A blood chit is a document often carried by aircrew members to aid in their escape or evasion if they crash behind enemy lines.
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
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.
A casual kind of chit-chat filled the first minutes of Kate Stewart s class at the University of Washington one evening last week....
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.
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!
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 ….
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.
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.