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chit | cheat |

As nouns the difference between chit and cheat

is that chit is a child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal while cheat is someone who cheats (informal: cheater).

As verbs the difference between chit and cheat

is that chit is to sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant while cheat is to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

As an interjection chit

is alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.

chit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . See also (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
  • * (get all the bibliographic particulars) (Thackeray)
    • a little chit of a woman
  • * 1922 , made by W. C. Firebaugh
    • "These are returns," I said, "quite fit / To me, who nursed you when a chit . / For shame, lay by this envious art; / Is this to act a sister's part?"
  • A pert young woman.
  • A sassy (saucy) or forward young person.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The embryonic growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; a seedling.
    • the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
  • (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

    • Verb

  • (intransitive, British, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
  • * Mortimer
    • I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth.
  • (transitive, British, dialect) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or to assist germination.
  • (transitive, British, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
  • * 2012 , Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, UK Edition, page 173
    • Gardeners argue among themselves about how necessary chitting is, but I do chit my seed potatoes.

    Etymology 3

    From chitty from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
  • A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the .
  • (pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a .
  • (label) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
  • * 2005 , The unofficial, updated Third Edition of the Magic Realm Rules , by Richard Hamblen, Teresa Michelsen and Stephen McKnight
    • 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. When characters end a turn in the hex, these '''chits''' are revealed. As characters move around the board, more and more of these ' chits will be revealed, letting the players know where monsters and treasures are to be found.
  • (India, China) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
  • * 1901 , , by Joseph Conrad
    • He just longed to get away from here and try his luck somewhere else, but for the sake of his sister he hung on and on till he ran himself into debt over his ears—I can tell you. I, myself, could show a handful of his chits for meals and drinks in my drawer.
  • (US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
  • * 2007 , New York Times , [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/us/politics/13bill.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin]
    • And he is cashing in chits for her that Mr. Gore, post-impeachment, never asked him to do.
  • * 2003 , , The Bone Vault , Scribner, p98:
    • Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
    • (Knight)

    Etymology 4

    Euphemistic variation of

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, slang, euphemistic) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (US, slang, euphemistic) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.

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    Anagrams

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    cheat

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
    • My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.
  • To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
    • My husband cheated on me with his secretary.
  • To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
    • He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
    I feel as if I've cheated fate.
  • To deceive; to fool; to trick.
    • My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.
    He cheated his way into office.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.
  • To beguile.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • * Washington Irving
    • to cheat winter of its dreariness

    Synonyms

    * belirt * blench * break the rules * lirt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
  • An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
  • * Dryden
    • When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat .
  • The weed cheatgrass.
  • A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
  • A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.

    • Synonyms

    * (card game ) bullshit, BS, I doubt it

    Derived terms

    * cheat code * cheater * cheating * cheat on * cheat the hangman * windcheater

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