dit
Americannoun
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dits
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dit
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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“There are a lot of good young artists in Belgium. Our role is to promote them,” Poirier dit Caulier said.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Jean Charles dit Yenapono Some, governor of the Cascades region in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
They emit a sound each time his hand makes contact — from the right, a dit, or dot; from the left, a dah, or dash, the building blocks of the Morse code alphabet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Many critics and fans disagreed–and I’m guessing that some of them will wish these two hours were a little more, comment se dit, zoobezoo?
From Time ● Apr. 4, 2013
If Sam happened to see scary monsters, for example, he could flash dit dit dit; dah dah dah; dit dit dit to Gertrustein, and she would save him.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
He doesn’t talk much; he prefers the dits and dahs to communicate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
The copy gets beaten out on the portable typewriter, gets trimmed by the censor with his little looseleaf notebook of directives, gets whisked to the cable office, flicks undersea in dits and dots.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although the visitation was unheralded by the customary flourish of trumpeting on dits, it was extremely successful.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
That is great praise from you, if there be any truth in on dits.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Among other topics discussed in the drawing room, I heard some more on dits respecting spiritual rappings.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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