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dit

Pronunciation: /dɪt/

The English word “dit” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
  2. To close up.

noun

  1. A ditty, a little melody.
  2. A word; a decree.
  3. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
  4. decimal digit
  5. An anecdote or yarn.

adjective

  1. Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.

Etymology

From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.

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