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dit.

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

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɪt/
  1. To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).

    Northern-England · UK · dialectal
  2. To close up.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/dɪt/
  1. A ditty, a little melody.

    obsolete · rare
  2. A word; a decree.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Variant of dite.

noun/dɪt/
  1. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

Where this word comes from

Imitative.

noun/dɪt/
  1. decimal digit

Where this word comes from

Shortening.

adj/dɪt/
  1. Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.

    Canada · not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto.

noun/dɪt/
  1. An anecdote or yarn.

    UK · slang
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