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How to use chit in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, verb, interjection

Chit means a child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. Example: “Hilda drove in silence for some time after this piece of unheard-of insolence from that chit Connie.”

Examples of chit by meaning

nounA pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

  • Hilda drove in silence for some time after this piece of unheard-of insolence from that chit Connie.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XVII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 305

nounThe embryonic growing bud of a plant.

  • the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes

verbTo initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the...

  • Gardeners argue among themselves about how necessary chitting is, but I stick with tradition and do chit my seed potatoes.2010, Geoff Stebbings, Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, page 173

nounA smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose...

  • 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.2005, Richard Hamblen, Teresa Michelsen, Stephen McKnight, The unofficial, updated Third Edition of the Magic Realm Rules

nounA signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.

  • The "chit system" needs special explanation.1913, Maurice P. Dunlap, “What Americans Talk In the Philippines”, in The American Review of Reviews, volume 48, page 202

nounA restaurant bill or check.

  • When asking for the bill or chit in a Philippine restaurant, you can make use of hand signals if the waiter is quite far off.2007, Manuel Viloria, Asking for the Bill in a Philippine Restaurant, YouTube

nounA debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

  • Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor.2003, Linda Fairstein, The Bone Vault, Scribner, page 98

nounA small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

  • This should be specially selected, cut into lengths, and split by wedges into bolts, with a dowel axe into fittings, and with a chit split into laths.1905, William Millar, Plastering, Plain and Decorative, page 90

More sentences with chit

  • We chit chat some small talk and I make my safety call.2006 August 10, Belle, “My first call”, in Belle's Blog, retrieved 15 Nov 2011. From the entry safety call
  • That would be revealing my sooper seekrit magyckal skillZz and chit..2006 September 22, blu, “PING Froup”, in alt.buzzard.rules (Usenet), retrieved 18 Apr 2022. From the entry magyckal
  • A second green chit and then you get your hat for a talk with the bloke.1989, Rick Jolly, Trugg Willson, Jackspeak: The Pusser’s Rum: Guide to Royal Navy Slanguage […], Torpoint, Cornwall: Palamanando Publ.…. From the entry bloke
  • We should have a Chiongsters section in HWZ where Chiongsters can chit chat about their favorite places and person.2015 August 18, “Petition to Have an Chiongster Section in HWZ”, in chioeve.com, retrieved 11 Nov 2015. From the entry chiongster
  • "Chit, mang, you putos are a bunch of racists." Omar's classic Spanglish comeback made everyone break out in raucous laughter.2014 April 11, Gary Smith, Hero Road, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry mang
  • When I had signed the 'blood chit', giving Air Ministry indemnity in case of accidents, we were ready to take off.2009, Antony Chessell, A Small Share in the Conflict, page 49. From the entry blood chit
  • But I'll be bum squabbled if I don't get my pretty chits respectably leg-shackled before this coming season is half over!1991, Helen Argers, A Scandalous Lady, page 43. From the entry bum squabbled
  • If the goolie chits didn't prove all that persuasive, we each had a big .45 in a canvas holster around our waist, and Hudd and his man had Stirlings.2010, David Fiddimore, Silent War, page 391. From the entry goolie chit
  • Even though Tom was out of office, he probably still had a few chits owed to him, and he could use them to cause Bluehorse trouble, maybe even his job.2015, John Fortunato, Dark Reservations, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 180. From the entry bullshittism

Meaning of chit

  1. noun A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
  2. noun A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
  3. noun The embryonic growing bud of a plant.

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Questions about chit in a sentence

How do you use chit in a sentence?
Chit is used as a noun, verb and interjection. For example: “Hilda drove in silence for some time after this piece of unheard-of insolence from that chit Connie.”
What is a short sentence with chit?
“The "chit system" needs special explanation.”
What does chit mean?
Chit means a child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

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