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Added 7 October 2026

chit

/t͡ʃɪt/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chit at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

noun

The embryonic growing bud of a plant.
the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

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.

noun

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.

Origin

From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid.

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