Chitted vs Hitted - What's the difference?

chitted | hitted |

As verbs the difference between chitted and hitted

is that chitted is (chit) while hitted is (nonstandard) (hit).

chitted

English

Verb

(head)

(chit)

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.

References

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hitted

English

Verb

(head)

(nonstandard) (hit)

Anagrams

hit

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

To strike.

#(lb) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.

#*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

#*1922-1927 , (Frank Harris), (My Life and Loves)

#*:He tried to hit me but I dodged the blow and went out to plot revenge.

#*:BELLO: (Shouts) Good, by the rumping jumping general! That's the best bit of news I heard these six weeks. Here, don't keep me waiting, damn you! (He slaps her face)

#*:BLOOM: (Whimpers) You're after hitting me. I'll tell

#*1934 , , The Slugger's Game

#*:I hunted him for half a hour, aiming to learn him to hit a man with a table-leg and then run, but I didn't find him.

#(lb) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.

#*(John Locke) (1632-1705)

#*:If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another?

#*:a dozen apples, each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face.

#*1882 , (Nathaniel Hawthorne), Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A romance

#*:Meanwhile the street boys kept up a shower of mud balls, many of which hit the Doctor, while the rest were distributed upon his assailants.

# To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.

# To attack, especially amphibiously.

To briefly visit.

To encounter.

(lb) To attain, to achieve.

# To reach or achieve.

#*2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal:

#*:And her success with Glover, a product of the National Lottery-funded Sporting Giants talent identification programme, will also spark relief among British officials who were starting to fret a little about hitting their target of equalling fourth in the medal table from Beijing.

#(lb) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:And oft it hits / Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.

#*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

#*:Millions miss for one that hits .

#To guess; to light upon or discover.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Thou hast hit it.

(lb) To affect negatively.

To make a play.

# In blackjack, to deal a card to.

# To come up to bat.

#(lb) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.

To use; to connect to.

To have sex with.

To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana

Antonyms

* (manage to touch in the right place) miss

Derived terms

(Terms derived from the verb "hit") * don't let the door hit you on the way out * flood-hit (adjective ) * hit a home run * hit a nerve * hit a six * hit a snag * hit above one's weight * hit and run * hit at * hit back * hit below one's weight * hit for six * hit home * hit it an quit it * hit it big * hit it off * hitman * hit on * hit one out of the ballpark * hit one's stride * hit out * hit paydirt * hit the ball twice * hit the books * hit the bottle * hit the bricks * hit the ceiling * hit the deck * hit the dirt * hit the gas * hit the ground running * hit the hay * hit the head * hit the headlines * hit the jackpot * hit the nail on the head * hit the net * hit the pan * hit the pavement * hit the road * hit rock bottom * hit the rock * hit the rocks * hit the roof * hit the sack * hit the silk * hit the skids * hit the spot * hit up * hit upon * hit wicket * hittable * hitter * hitting * not know what hit one * pinch-hit

Noun

(en noun)

A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

* Dryden

So he the famed Cilician fencer praised, / And, at each hit , with wonder seems amazed.

The hit was very slight.

A success, especially in the entertainment industry.

The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.

* Alexander Pope

What late he called a blessing, now was wit, / And God's good providence, a lucky hit .

* {{quote-news

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An attack on a location, person or people.

# In the game of , a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.

(computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine

(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.

My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.

An approximately correct answer in a test set.

(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.

The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.

(colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.

Where am I going to get my next hit ?

A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

(dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.

a happy hit

A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.

Antonyms

* (a punch) miss * (success) flop, turkey

Derived terms

* banjo hit * base hit * cult hit * direct hit * hit counter * hit list * hit parade * hit point * hit squad * hit test * infield hit * king hit * nervous hit * no hit * one-hit wonder * pinch hit * smash hit * straight hit * take a hit

Etymology 2

From (etyl) . More at (l). Note 'it.

Pronoun

(dialectal) .

* 1922 , Philip Gengembre Hubert, The Atlantic monthly, Volume 130:

But how hit was to come about didn't appear.

* 1998 , Nancy A. Walker, What's so funny?: humor in American culture:

Now, George, grease it good, an' let hit' slide down the hill ' hits own way.

Derived terms

* (l) * (l)

Anagrams

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