chit
chit is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 27 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.
- 2.An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]
- 3.A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.
- 4.To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.
- 5.Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- billet
- billet-doux
- bulletin
- card
- chitty
- circular
- correspond
- correspondence
- despatch
- dispatch
- epistle
- epistolary
- favor
- keep
- letter
- messenger
- missive
- note
- picture
- post
- postal
- rescript
- rescription
- send
- these
- with
- write
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is chit.
- What is a child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. Thackeray called?
- What is an excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.] called?
- What is a small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight called?
- What is to shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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