chit
IPA: tʃˈɪt
noun
- 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.
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "chit" in Sentences
- Sorry if this is idle chit chat.
- The prison works on a chit system.
- They are not a forum for POV chit chat.
- This place is not for general chit chat.
- It is to be traded as chits in conscienceless extortion.
- I see problem with chit chatters chit chatting with the asker.
- The Chestnut collared Swift has a chattering chit chit chit call.
- This might just be chit chat, but it seems to be useful chit chat.
- The Chestnut collared Swift has a chattering 'chit chit chit' call.
- If a little chit chit helps the newbie feel welcome, then I'm all for it.
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