1
: a short letter or note
especially
: a signed voucher of a small debt (as for food)
2
: a small slip of paper with writing on it
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Another person accused YouTube and Google of the stunt, giving Swift’s team a clean chit.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
But Munir had another chit to cash in.
—Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
My focus was straight ahead on the asphalt rushing under us, of course, and the engine noise and roar of the wind precluded chit-chat anyway.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Mae Martin is not into chit-chat.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Another person accused YouTube and Google of the stunt, giving Swift’s team a clean chit.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
But Munir had another chit to cash in.
—Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
My focus was straight ahead on the asphalt rushing under us, of course, and the engine noise and roar of the wind precluded chit-chat anyway.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Chit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chit. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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