Noun

1. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
2. A pert young woman.
3. A sassy (saucy) or froward young person.
4. The embryonic growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; a seedling.
5. An excrescence on the body, as a wart.

Verb

1. To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
2. To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.

Etymology 2

Noun

1. A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
2. A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
3. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
4. A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

   2007, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/us/politics/13bill.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

   • And he is cashing in chits for her that Mr. Gore, post-impeachment, never asked him to do.

   2003 Fairstein, Linda, The Bone Vault, Scribner, p98:

   • Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor.

Noun

1. Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.

Interjection

1. Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.