bit
IPA: bˈɪt
noun
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
- (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value.
- (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
- (now US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
- (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- A portion of something.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
- Short for bit part. [(acting) A minor role, generally not assigned a name.]
verb
- (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
adjective
- (chiefly in combination) Having been bitten.
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Examples of "bit" in Sentences
- You should relax a little bit.
- I think it's overrated a little bit in difficulty.
- The article feels a little bit patchy at the moment.
- I was just being a little pert with the website bit.
- To call it spamming is a little bit overhasty, isn't it
- I've added a few bits to the sewing and quilting categories.
- I'm categorising a little bit the denture pictures on Commons.
- That explains a little bit of the convoluted nature of the writing.
- A little bit of time and leeway would be appreciated in the future.
- The sentence as it is, appears to me to be a little bit of a mouthful.
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