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
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
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
