dit
noun
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.
dits
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pluralof dit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
She is reading the fashionable daily paper, smiling as some on dits meet her eye.
From The Coquette's Victim Everyday Life Library No. 1 by Charlotte M. Brame
Lady Dering has been absent on the Continent during the season, and is utterly ignorant of all the on dits of the day.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
My dear lady," Sir Maxwell said, "it is not safe to trust to on dits.
From Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days by Emma Marshall
