dit

[ dit ]

/ dɪt /

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.

Nearby words

Compare dah.

Origin of dit

First recorded in 1935–40

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Examples from the Web for dits

Although the visitation was unheralded by the customary flourish of trumpeting on dits, it was extremely successful.
The Magnificent Montez|Horace Wyndham
In your way from a dinner to a ball, you stopped to exchange agreeable on dits.
Coningsby|Benjamin Disraeli
Indeed, among the "on dits" which a traveller picks up, gambling is said to be the great vice of Russia.
Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2|John Lloyd Stephens
The subjects of these and of the large number of dits composed by other writers and anonymous are almost innumerable.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury

She is reading the fashionable daily paper, smiling as some on dits meet her eye.
The Coquette's Victim|Charlotte M. Braeme

British Dictionary definitions for dits

dit

/ (dɪt) /

noun

the short sound used, in combination with the long sound dah, in the spoken representation of Morse and other telegraphic codesCompare dot 1 (def. 6)

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