chit1

[chit] /tʃɪt/
noun
1.
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
2.
any receipt, voucher, or similar document, especially of an informal nature.
3.
Chiefly British. a note; short memorandum.
Origin
1775-85; short for chitty < Hindi chiṭṭī

chit2

[chit] /tʃɪt/
noun
1.
a child or young person, especially a pert girl.
Origin
1350-1400; for sense of “the young of an animal”; 1615-25 for current sense; Middle English; perhaps akin to kitten or kid

chit3

[chit] /tʃɪt/
noun, Hinduism.
1.
cit.
Examples from the web for chit
  • Using education as a chit in his misguided political bargaining strategy is reprehensible.
  • Now, it seems to me that bar talk should be dealt with as chit chat, which it is.
  • No chit chat with coworkers when a customer is around.
  • Instead, he uses their bodies as a sort of chit of authenticity and frankness.
  • What really annoys me is all the idle chit chat that various members of the crew feel obliged to share with us.
  • And it doesn't have any chit-chat or jingles or adverts.
  • The rest is extracurricular chit-chat, which they're free to decline to engage in.
  • She asked students about their studies and had a brief chit-chat with them.
  • General conversation or chit-chat should not be included as billable time for the session.
British Dictionary definitions for chit

chit1

/tʃɪt/
noun
1.
a voucher for a sum of money owed, esp for food or drink
2.
(mainly Brit) Also called chitty (ˈtʃɪtɪ)
  1. a note or memorandum
  2. a requisition or receipt
Word Origin
C18: from earlier chitty, from Hindi cittha note, from Sanskrit citra brightly-coloured

chit2

/tʃɪt/
noun
1.
(facetious or derogatory) a pert, impudent, or self-confident girl or child: a young chit of a thing
Word Origin
C14 (in the sense: young of an animal, kitten): of obscure origin
Word Origin and History for chit
n.

"note," 1776, short for chitty, from Mahrati (Hindi) chitthi "letter, note," from Sanskrit chitra-s "distinctively marked" (cf. cheetah).

"small child," 1620s, originally "young of a beast" (late 14c.); unrelated to chit (n.1); perhaps a playful deformation of kitten, but the "Middle English Dictionary" compares Old High German kizzin "kid."

Slang definitions & phrases for chit

chit 1

noun

An impudent and spirited young woman: a saucy chit

[1640s+; origin uncertain]


chit 2

noun

A bill for food or drink, which one signs or initials instead of paying immediately

[1920s+; In the sense ''note,'' chit is attested from the 1780s; shortening of Anglo-Indian chitty, ''letter, note,'' fr Hindi]