dit

verb

1. (Northern-England, UK, dialectal)To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
2. (obsolete)To close up.

   “that I would haue thought my sincere plainnesse in that first part vpon that subiect, should haue ditted the mouth of the most enuious Momus”

noun

1. (obsolete, rare)A ditty, a little melody.

   “No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit: / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].”

2. (obsolete)A word; a decree.
3. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.
4. decimal digit
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of diet-induced thermogenesis.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of digital intermediate technician.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of digital imaging technician.

   “In 2022, nearly every movie and TV show has a dedicated DIT who works with the cinematographer and the director to figure out what an image might look like after it’s been run through a series of digital filters.”

adj

1. (Canada, not-comparable, obsolete)Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.