A Quick and Simple Dictionary

chit

1. Noun.  A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
2. Noun.  A pert young woman.
3. Noun.  A sassy (saucy) or forward young person.
4. Noun.  The embryonic growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; a seedling.
5. Noun.  (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as ''Lupinus'' or ''Sophora'' to assist germination.
8. Noun.  (US, and) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
9. Noun.  (pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
10. Noun.  (context, India) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
11. Noun.  (US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
12. Noun.  A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
13. Noun.  (US, slang) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.
14. Interjection.  (US, slang) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.