chit

noun · verb · interjectionA1

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noun

Plural noun:

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.
3.
The embryonic growing bud of a plant.
Near-synonyms: shoot, sprout, seedling
the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
Đồng nghĩa: shoot, sprout, seedling
4.
(obsolete)An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
5.
(UK, dated, dialectal)A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
6.
(UK, dialectal, historical)A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.
Đồng nghĩa: chitty, scrip, tommy
7.
(UK, dialectal)(pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
8.
(UK, dialectal)(gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
9.
(China, India, Philippines, UK, dialectal)A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
1901, Falk, by Joseph Conrad He just longed to get away from here and try his luck somewhere else, but for the sake of his sister he hung on and on till he ran himself into debt over his ears—I can tell you. I, myself, could show a handful of his chits for meals and drinks in my drawer.
10.
(Philippines, UK, dialectal)A restaurant bill or check
11.
(UK, US, dialectal, slang)A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
12.
(UK, dialectal)A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

chits

V_ing/Gerund

chitting

V_ed/pp

chitted

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

interjection

1.
(UK, US, dialectal, euphemistic, slang)Shit.

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Đồng nghĩa

shoot sprout seedling chitty scrip tommy

Cùng gốc / liên quan

chitty chat chine chive scionchat (small potato used as fodder)chine (ravine), chine (to split)chive (sliver; stamen)chit-chat

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English chitte (a young animal, cub, whelp), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (young animal, fawn, kid).