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Definition chit

Etymology 1

From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *?ytten, *?ietten, *?itten, from Proto-Germanic *kitt?n? (“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)

1. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
2. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *chit, *chitte, from Old English ??þ (“germ, seed, sprout, shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *k?þ? (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *??-, *?ey- (“to divide, part, split open, sprout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch kiede (“sprout”), dialectal German Keid (“sprout”). Doublet of scion.

Noun

chit (plural chits)

1. The embryonic growing bud of a plant
2. (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

Verb

chit (third-person singular simple present chits, present participle chitting, simple past and past participle chitted)

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

Etymology 3

From chitty from Hindi ?????? (ci??h?, “letter, note, written message”).

Noun

chit (plural chits)

1. (US and Britain dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
2. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
3. (pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
4. (gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
5. (India, China) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
6. (US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

Etymology 4

Perhaps from specialized technical use of Etymology 2, above, “a bud; an excressence” (Hunter 1882).

Noun

chit (plural chits)

1. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

Etymology 5

Euphemistic variation of shit.

Noun

chit (uncountable)

1. (US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.

Interjection

chit

1. (US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.

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