dit — English Dictionary

Verb

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

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • UK usage
   • dialectal

2. To close up.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   that I would haue thought my sincere plainnesse in that first part vpon that subiect, should haue ditted the mouth of the most enuious Momus

Noun

1. A ditty, a little melody.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Rare

   Examples

   No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit: / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].

2. A word; a decree.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

Noun

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

   Related words

   dah

Noun

1. decimal digit

Adjective

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

   Usage

   • Canada
   • not-comparable
   • Obsolete

   Related words

   on dit

Noun

1. An anecdote or yarn.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Slang

   Related words

   dit da jow

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Spinning dits comes with a few guidelines. The established dit litany is fairly simple: you must simply state a geographic datum for the dit, followed by the amount of alcohol that had been consumed immediately prior to the events […]

Noun

1. the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

   Synonyms

   dot

   Broader terms

   telegraphic signalradiotelegraphic signal

2. a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.

   Synonyms

   Harthartleyban

   Broader terms

   unit of measurementunit