dit

American  

[dit] / dɪt /

noun

• dits
  plural

1. an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.

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dit British  

/ dɪt /

noun

1. the short sound used, in combination with the long sound dah, in the spoken representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes Compare dot 1

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dits
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of dit

First recorded in 1935–40

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dit dits

“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

In terms of the terrain, the on dit is that it's not the Alps – only the Alps are the Alps – but that it will be a challenge nonetheless because there's less flat.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013

If Gertrustein fell and broke her aching leg in fourteen pieces, she needed only to flash dit dit dit; dah dah dah; dit dit dit to Sam.

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

These on dits are, fortunately for my plans, only known among my coterie.

From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

Of course I was obliged to conquer to a certain extent my aversion to anything but finished works, and accordingly I made a considerable number of sketches 'proprement dits.'

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Mrs. Russell Barrington

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

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