chit
To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plantTo sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
» Cut the chit-chat and get to work.
Hört auf zu quatschen und geht an die Arbeit! — Yorwba
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
(UK, dialectal, transitive)To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
прора́щивать клу́бниproráščivatʹ klúbni
Examples
13 sentencesCut the chit-chat and get to work.
deHört auf zu quatschen und geht an die Arbeit! — Yorwba
There's a lot of chit-chat.
Sami was just making polite chit-chat.
Bob drew the winning chit at the raffle.
Quit with the chit-chat and get to work.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English *chit, *chitte, from Old English ċīþ (“germ, seed, sprout, shoot”), frFrom Middle English *chit, *chitte, from Old English ċīþ (“germ, seed, sprout, shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵī-, *ǵey(H)- (“to divide, part, split open, sprout”).
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Forms
chits, chitting, chitted, chittedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle