chit

Plural: chits

Noun

• A small note, voucher, or receipt; a young, impertinent person.
• a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect
  • "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"
  • "she's a saucy chit"
• the bill in a restaurant
• 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.
• An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
• A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
• A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.
• A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
• A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
• A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
• 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.
• Shit.

Verb

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

Intj

• Shit.

Examples

• He played CHIT, a short word that unexpectedly scored big points.
• the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes

Synonyms

check, tab, chitty, scrip, tommy

Related Words

chat, chine, chit-chat, chive, scion

Anagrams of chit