Chit

Quick meaning: Chit is a noun meaning A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

Meaning

A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

More Meanings

1. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
2. The embryonic growing bud of a plant.
3. (intransitive) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
4. (transitive) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
5. (transitive) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
6. (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
7. (dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: shoot, sprout, seedling

the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes

Hilda drove in silence for some time after this piece of unheard-of insolence from that chit Connie.

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.

Word Forms

• chits
• chitting
• chitted

Synonyms for chit

Depending on context, synonyms include shoot, sprout, seedling, chitty, scrip, tommy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tab, check, festival, chatting, poo, good.

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