Round 3610 CHITTACK Voting Open

[Eric Boxer]

Hello All, we have 12 definitions for CHITTACK (in no particular order), including 1 correct definition. Please reply below with your 2 choices for the correct definition before the deadline of ~48 hrs from now (I may close early if all definition-submitters have voted). Any misspellings or spacing issues are due to errors on my part.

Deadline:
        21:30 UTC/GMT on Thursday 1st Jan (Happy New Year!) 
        21:30 BST in London      
        22:30 CET in France and the Netherlands
        4:30 PM EST in New York  
        1:30 PM PST in California
        10:30 NZDT on Friday 2nd in New Zealand

-- Eric

 1. A log or fallen tree in a forest.
 2. An Indian unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth seer or 900 grains.
 3. A star-shaped sponge with slender cylindrical rays.
 4. Onomatopoeic name for the temple monkeys of Dama Sutra based on their chattering sound.
 5. A flood of spam messages in an online chat channel.
 6. A primitive hut made from sticks, leaves and whatever is at hand.
 7. A small tally, mark, or token used to record minor debts, quantities, or turns in informal exchange.
 8. Hard tack soaked in water and baked with fat and molasses.
 9. Any of several primates of the genus Semnopithecus (langurs), known for stealing shiny objects from tourists.
10. A mixture usually including clay and plant materials such as straw, used as a building material in wattle and daub construction.
11. A long journey, esp. on foot.
12. [Indian Eng.] A deep gully with steep sides.
13. [Hist.] A mercenary native soldier in the army of the East India Company.
14. A shallow notch cut into a mast or spar to mark the placement of a temporary rigging line.

[Efrem Mallach]

Does this mean that nos. 13 and 14 in the list don't count?

Efrem (with tongue planted firmly in cheek)

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> On Dec 30, 2025, at 4:38 PM, Eric Boxer <ecb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All, we have 12 definitions for CHITTACK ...

[Judy Madnick]

Nice group of definitions! I'll reward the authors of the following:

7. A small tally, mark, or token used to record minor debts, quantities, or turns in informal exchange

and

10. A mixture usually including clay and plant materials such as straw, used as a building material in wattle and daub construction. 

 

Judy Madnick

[Eric Boxer]

Woopsies :|

[Tim Bourne]

6 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Paul Keating]

2 & 7.

[John Barrs]

#2 and #9 for me please

JohnnyB

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[Glenn Thomas Davis]

7 and 14, y'all

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[Tim Lodge]

7 and 12, please.

          7. A small tally, mark, or token used to record minor debts, quantities, or turns in informal exchange.

        12. [Indian Eng.] A deep gully with steep sides.

--  Tim L

[Chowie]

8 and 10 please

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[Shani Naylor]

I'll go with the Indians - 12 & 13.

12. [Indian Eng.] A deep gully with steep sides.
13. [Hist.] A mercenary native soldier in the army of the East India Company.

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[Daniel B. Widdis]

9 because stealing shiny objects, and 14 because I got to the end without finding anything better

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[Efrem Mallach]

4 and 13 for me.

Efrem

> On Dec 30, 2025, at 4:38 PM, Eric Boxer <ecb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> Hello All, we have 12 definitions for CHITTACK (in no particular order), including 1 correct definition. Please reply below with your 2 choices for the correct definition before the deadline of ~48 hrs from now (I may close early if all definition-submitters have voted). Any misspellings or spacing issues are due to errors on my part.
>
> Deadline:
> 21:30 UTC/GMT on Thursday 1st Jan (Happy New Year!)
> 21:30 BST in London
> 22:30 CET in France and the Netherlands
> 4:30 PM EST in New York
> 1:30 PM PST in California
> 10:30 NZDT on Friday 2nd in New Zealand
>
> -- Eric
>

> 4. Onomatopoeic name for the temple monkeys of Dama Sutra based on their chattering sound.

[Paul Keating]

Johnny, 

Didn't you say earlier you were DQ (30-Dec-2025 09h38 UTC)? Or did that turn out to be a false positive?

P