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whit

noun \ˈhwit, ˈwit\

: a very small amount

Full Definition of WHIT

: the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit <what some people will do for a whit of publicity — Patrick Quinn>

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Middle English, probably alteration of wiht, wight creature, thing — more at wight

First Known Use: 15th century

Synonyms: beans, bubkes (also bupkes or bupkus), continental, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, jot, whoop

WHIT Defined for Kids

noun \ˈhwit, ˈwit\

: a very small amount <That tree hadn't grown one whit in all that time. — Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting>

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