Chitted vs Chatted - What's the difference?
chitted | chatted |
(chit)
A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
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* 1922 , made by W. C. Firebaugh
A pert young woman.
A sassy (saucy) or forward young person.
The embryonic growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; a seedling.
(obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
(intransitive, British, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
* Mortimer
(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,
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
(India, China) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
* 1901 , , by Joseph Conrad
(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]
* 2003 , , The Bone Vault , Scribner, p98:
(US, slang, euphemistic) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.
(chat)
To be engaged in informal conversation.
To talk more than a few words.
To talk of; to discuss.
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
Informal conversation.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the subfamily Saxicolini that feed on insects.
A small potato, such as is given to swine.
Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 441:
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* 1977 , Mary Emily Pearce, Apple Tree Lean Down , page 520:
* 2007 , How Can I Sleep when the Seagull Calls? (ISBN 978-1-4357-1811-1), page 18:
* 2013 , Graham Seal, The Soldiers' Press: Trench Journals in the First World War (ISBN 1137303263), page 149:
As verbs the difference between chitted and chatted
is that chitted is past tense of chit while chatted is past tense of chat.chitted
English
Verb
(head)chit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See also (l).Noun
(en noun)- a little chit of a woman
- "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?"
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
Verb
- I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth.
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- 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)- 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.
- 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.
- And he is cashing in chits for her that Mr. Gore, post-impeachment, never asked him to do.
- Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor.
Etymology 3
Etymology 4
Euphemistic variation ofNoun
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English
Verb
(head)chat
English
(wikipedia chat)Etymology 1
Abbreviation of chatter . The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.Verb
(chatt)- She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
- I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
- I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
- They chatted politics for a while.
- Do you want to chat online later?
Noun
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Derived terms
* backchat * chatroom * chat up * stonechat * whinchatEtymology 2
Compare chit'' "small piece of paper", and ''chad''.William Safire, ''The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time , p. 43, Simon and Schuster, 2007 ISBN 1416587403.Noun
References
Etymology 3
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)- Frank had been looking at calcite crystals for a while now [...] among the chats or zinc tailings of the Lake County mines, down here in the silver lodes of the Vita Madre and so forth.
Etymology 4
From .Alternative forms
* chattNoun
(en noun)- 'Do officers have chats , then, the same as us?'
- 'Not the same, no. The chats they got is bigger and better, with pips on their shoulders and Sam Browne belts.'
- May a thousand chats from Belgium crawl under their fingers as they write.
- Trench foot'' was a nasty and potentially fatal foot disease commonly caused by these conditions, in which ''chats or body lice were the bane of all.