Dit Definition

dĭt
noun
The dot character in Morse code.
Webster's New World

(archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.

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verb

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To stop up; block (an opening); close.

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(obsolete) To close up.
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Other Word Forms of Dit

Noun

Singular:
dit
Plural:
dits

Origin of Dit

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

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  • Old English dyttan, akin to Icelandic ditta.

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  • Variant of dite.

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  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Imitative.

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