I. transitive verb
or ditt ˈdit
( ditted ; ditted ; ditting ; dits or ditts )
Etymology: Middle English ditten, from Old English dyttan; akin to Icelandic dytta to repair, stop up (as a crack) — more at dot
Scotland : to close up : obstruct the course of
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by ditty ) of Middle English dite, from Middle French dit word, speech, poem, song, from Latin dictum saying, dictum — more at dictum
archaic : ditty , song
III. ˈdē noun
( plural dits -ē(z))
Etymology: French, from Old French, word, speech, poem, song
: a short usually didactic sometimes satirical poem in old French literature often dealing with homely subjects
IV. ˈdit, usu -id.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: imitative
: a dot in radio or telegraphic code — used by operators as an oral representation of the transmitted sound; compare dah