different between chit vs ghit

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???t/
• Rhymes: -?t

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.
   • “These are returns,” I said, “quite fit

     To me, who nursed you when a chit.

     For shame, lay by this envious art;

     Is this to act a sister's part?”
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

   Synonyms: shoot, sprout, seedling

   the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
2. (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

Translations

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• mini-chitted

Translations

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.
3. (historical) A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.

   Synonym: scrip

4. (pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
5. (gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
   • 2005, The unofficial, updated Third Edition of the Magic Realm Rules, by Richard Hamblen, Teresa Michelsen and Stephen McKnight

     1.4.3 Also on the board, but turned face down at the beginning of the game, are chits representing treasure sites and sounds and warnings of monsters that may arrive on the map. When characters end a turn in the hex, these chits are revealed. As characters move around the board, more and more of these chits will be revealed, letting the players know where monsters and treasures are to be found.

6. (India, China) 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.
7. (US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

Translations

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.

Translations

Etymology 5

Euphemistic variation of shit.

Noun

chit (uncountable)

1. (US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.

Interjection

chit

1. (US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.

References

• chit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “chit”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Hunter, Robert (1882) The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New, and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language with a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use?^[5], Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Company

Anagrams

• itch, tich

Min Nan

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Pnar-Khasi-Lyngngam *?it (“warm”). Cognate with Khasi shit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??it/

Adjective

chit

1. hot

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek ????? (kítos), partly through the intermediate of Slavic *kit? (cf. Old Church Slavonic ???? (kit?)). Used around the 16th century.

Noun

chit m (plural chi?i)

1. (obsolete) whale, cetacean

Synonyms

• balen?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French quitte, itself from Latin quietus (and therefore a doublet of the inherited încet). The variant cfit is from German quitt.

Alternative forms

• cfit

Adjective

chit

1. (familiar, used in expressions) free; in peace; having paid ones debt; even

Usage notes

Used as part of colloquial expressions like "a fi chit", meaning "to not owe anyone anything; not indebted to", or "chit c?", meaning "even so, regardless".

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Kitt.

Noun

chit n (uncountable)

1. putty

See also

• past?

English

Etymology

A contraction of Google hit; coined on 3 February 2004 by “Trevor” on his blog k’?l?bøl: see the quotations from him and from American linguist Mark Liberman on his Language Log blog (9 February 2004), below.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /???t/, /?d?i??h?t/
• Rhymes: -?t (one pronunciation)
• Homophone: git (one pronunciation)

Noun

ghit (plural ghits)

1. (Internet) Contraction of Google hit: a hit obtained using the search engine Google. [from 2004.]

Translations

Anagrams

• gith, ight, thig, tigh