Chit

Definition: Chit

Chit

Noun

1. The bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "chit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Chit

Correspondence

Noun: correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card; postal, card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription; post; (messenger).

Infant

Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle.

Littleness

Dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling,dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow.

Crosswords: Chit

Romanian (eek, lute, quit, quits, squeak), Spanish (hush).

Chit în pericol (1957)

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Books

• A Country Chit (Harlequin Regency Romance, No 31) (reference)

• Chit Chat This 'N That: The Rocky Road to Success (reference)

• Last Hope: The Blood Chit Story (Schiffer Military History) (reference)

• Playbook 1 - Global - Chit Chat (reference)

• The Maynard Chit [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Expressions using "chit": a chit of a girl ♦ chit chat ♦ liberty chit. Additional references.

Beginning with "chit": chit-chat, chit-chattered, chit-chatting, chit-ridden.

Albanian

kalama (chick, child, kid, kiddy, moppet, nipper, olive-branches, piccaninny, pickaninny, tike, tot, tyke), foshnjë (babe, baby, infant, moppet), fëmijë (bairn, child, infant, kid, little one, moppet, progeny, tad, youngster), çupëlinë (bobbysoxer, kid). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فتاة وقحة (hussy, minx), ‏فاتورة المطعم, ‏طفل (bairn, chick, child, clay, infant, kid, lad, nipper, paederast, pederast, small boy, squirt, tad, tot, tyke, young). (various references)

Bulgarian 

кратко писъмце, оперена млада жена, мъничко дете, млада дребничка жена, бележчица. (various references)

Czech

stvrzenka (release, slip, ticket, voucher), paragon, mrnì (tot), lístek (bill, card, postcard, slip, ticket), krátké psaní, ditì. (various references)

Danish

kartoffelspire (potato sprout). (various references)

Dutch

aardappelkiem (potato sprout). (various references)

Farsi 

یادداشت (Memoir, Memorandum, Minute, Notation, Record, Reminiscence), کودک (Babe, Baby, Child, Infant, Kid, Trot), دخترک (Doll, Puss), بچه (Baby, Bairn, Chick, Chicken, Child, Infant, Kid, Peewee, Tiddledywinks). (various references)

Finnish

perunanitu (potato sprout). (various references)

French

reçu, germe de pomme de terre, femme laide, fanfan, bulletin de livraison. (various references)

German

Kindchen (chits, kiddy). (various references)

Greek 

κοριτσόπουλο, μυξιάρικο, παιδάκι (tot), παιδαρέλλι, απόδειξη χρέουσ, αυθάδεσ κορίτσι. (various references)

Hebrew 

פתק�" (note, tab), פתק (billet, note, slip, ticket). (various references)

Hungarian

csíra (embryo, germ, ovum, rudiment, seed, spore, sprout), szemtelen csitri. (various references)

Indonesian

girik (ID card, title of land ownership), bon (bill, check, voucher). (various references)

Italian

nota (annotation, bill, footnote, list, Mark, message, notation, note, notice, record, remark, sign, videotaping), marmocchio (kid, tot), fantolino, appunto (exactly, jotting, just, memorandum, minute, note, notice, quite, record, remark). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

証票 (certificate, voucher), 伝票　 (sales slip, voucher), 伝票 (sales slip, voucher). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しょうひょう (certificate, trademark, voucher), で�"ぴょう (sales slip, voucher). (various references)

Manx

paitchey (bairn, bantling, brat, child, kid, page, varlet). (various references)

Pig Latin

itchay.(various references)

Portuguese

criança (bairn, brat, child, fosterling, infant, kid, kiddy, minion, person, piccaninny, pickaninny, romp, wean, youngster), rebento (browse, bud, budding, gemma, layer, offset, offshoot, plant, scion, slip, sprig, twig), pivete, penhor (deposit, earnest, forfeit, gage, guarantee, hostage, lien, pawn, surety, token), nota fiscal, memorando (memo, memorandum, note), garoto (blackguard, boy, kid, kiddy, knavish, rascal, rotter, snipe), garantia (assertion, assurance, bail, caution, contention, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, guaranty, handsel, hansel, lien, palladium, pawn, pledge, safe conduct, safeguard, sea-letter, sponsion, voucher, warrant, warranty, word), fedelho (bantling, brat, moppet, snipe), embrião (bud, rudiment, rudiments). (various references)

Romanian

puşti (bantling, brat, kid, nipper), pici (boy, brat, kid, nipper, urchin, whelp, youngster), notã (annotation, billet, commonplace, grade, jotting, Mark, memorandum, minute, note, notes, par, paragraph, rating, remark), fetiţã (daughter, girlie, lassie), femeiuşcã (female, fluff), fatã (child, damsel, daughter, girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, Miss, puss, skirt, virgin), bon (bill, check, coupon, ticket, voucher), bãieţaş (brat, lad, laddie, nipper, shrimp, urchin), ţânc. (various references)

Russian 

счет (a/c account, account, acct, acct account, bill, chalk, check, count, demand bill, invoice, reckoning, shot, tally), талон (coupon, talon, token), короткое письмо, короткая записка, записка (love letter, memorandum, memorial, message, note, scrips), пускать ростки. (various references)

Scottish

briot, briotal (chit-chat). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

račun (account, arithmetic, bill, calculation, calculus, check, count, reckoning, tab), švrća (shrimp). (various references)

Spanish

vale (agreed, coupon, hello, it is worth, it is worthwhile, o.k., ok, okay, okey, paybill, right-ho, scrip, stet, token, voucher), tralla de la patata (potato sprout), muchacha que no es crecida, esquela, brote de la patata (potato sprout). (various references)

Swedish

barnunge (babe, brat, papoose). (various references)

Turkish

yumurcak (bantling, brat), velet (brat, child), pusula (compass, note, scrip), para makbuzu, not (aide-memoire, annotation, Mark, memo, memorandum, note, notes, p.s., postscript), çocuk (baby, bairn, brat, child, infant, infantile, junior, juvenile, kid, mite, moppet, nipper, paed-, seed, son, youngster). (various references)

Turkmen 

gьmьr-yamyr (chit-chat). (various references)

Ukrainian

розписка (acquittance, note), рекомендація (commendation, recommendation), рахунок (account, bill, chalk, count, expense, reckoning, score, scoring, tick), характеристика (characteristic, characterization, datum, testimonial), цуценя (pup, puppy, whelp), крихітка (bittock, bud, chitterling, dreg, dribblet, poult, smidgen, tittle), короткий лист (note), кошеня (kitten, kitty), записка (note), посвідчення (certificate, certification, warrant), перепустка (billet, conduct, countersign, order, password, permit, protection, word), дитина (babe, bairn, bambino, child, infant, kiddy, papoose, youngling). (various references)

Vietnamese 

con oắt con (chitty), trẻ con người đ� n b� nhỏ bé (chitty), người đ� n b� n mảnh dẻ con ranh con (chitty), mầm (chitty, germ), manh nha (chitty), đứa trẻ (bantling, chitty), đứa bé (bantling, chitty). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "chit": chital, chitals, chitchat, chitchats, chitchatted, chitchatting, chitin, chitinous, chitins, chitlin, chitling, chitlings, chitlins, chiton, chitons, chitosan, chitosans, chits, chitter, chittered, chittering, chitterlings, chitters, chitties, chitty. (additional references)

Words containing "chit": antirachitic, architect, architectonic, architectonically, architectonics, architects, architectural, architecturally, architecture, architectures, architrave, architraves, bronchitic, bronchitis, bronchitises, malachite, malachites, nonarchitect, nonarchitects, nonarchitecture, nonarchitectures, orchitic, orchitis, orchitises, rachitic, rachitides, rachitis, trichite, trichites. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Chit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cahot, Cait, Ccpit, ceit, chait, Chato, cheet, chet, chett, chhet, chhish, Chhy, chia, Chiat, chid, chig, chih, chilt, chim, chio, Chiot, chiq, chir, chirt, chish, chist, chita, Chiti, Chitou, Chitwa, chiu, chiv, Chix, Chiz, chot, choti, Choto, Chott, chrit, Chrith, chut, chwit, cihg, cith, Cnit, crit, cuit, Cuitt, ghit, hci, hct, khat, Khit, ohit, Pchitt, phit, schit, schitt, shchit, tchat, Uchte. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: itch.

-1 letter: chi, hic, hit, ich, tic.

-2 letters: hi, it, ti.

+1 letter: aitch, bitch, chits, ditch, ethic, fitch, hitch, itchy, licht, pitch, stich, thick, witch.

+2 letters: bitchy, canthi, chints, chintz, chital, chitin, chiton, chitty, cither, ethics, ethnic, fetich, fitchy, flitch, glitch, gothic, haptic, hectic, itched, itches, kitsch, lichts, litchi, lithic, mythic, phatic, photic, pitchy, quitch, schist, schtik, schuit, shtick, snitch, stichs, stitch, switch, techie, thetic, thicks, thoric, thrice, thymic, twitch, witchy.