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

A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. / A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

The embryonic growing bud of a plant / (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

(US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.

(intransitive, Britain, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant. / (transitive, Britain, dialect) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.

(US and Britain dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message. / (historical) A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.

(US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.

simple past tense and past participle of chit

present participle of chit

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chit