bit
noun
[ bɪt ]
• a small piece, part, or quantity of something.
• "give the duck a bit of bread"
Similar:
small portion,
small piece,
piece,
portion,
segment,
section,
part,
chunk,
lump,
hunk,
slice,
fragment,
scrap,
shred,
flake,
chip,
shaving,
paring,
crumb,
grain,
fleck,
speck,
spot,
drop,
pinch,
dash,
soupçon,
modicum,
dollop,
morsel,
mouthful,
spoonful,
bite,
taste,
sample,
iota,
jot,
tittle,
whit,
atom,
particle,
scintilla,
mote,
trace,
touch,
suggestion,
hint,
tinge,
shard,
sliver,
snippet,
snatch,
extract,
excerpt,
gobbet,
smidgen,
smidge,
tad,
skerrick,
smitch,
• a set of actions or ideas associated with a specific group or activity.
• "Miranda could go off and do her theatrical bit"
• a person's genitals.
• "You could see everything! All her bits!"
• a unit of 12 1/2 cents (used only in even multiples).
• a young woman.
Origin:
Old English bita ‘bite, mouthful’, of Germanic origin; related to German Bissen, also to bite.
bit
verb
• past of bite.
bit
noun
• a mouthpiece, typically made of metal, which is attached to a bridle and used to control a horse.
• a tool or piece for boring or drilling.
• "a drill bit"
bit
verb
• put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).
Origin:
Old English bite ‘biting, a bite’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch beet and German Biss, also to bite.
bit
noun
• a unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1 in binary notation.
Origin:
1940s: blend of binary and digit.
bite
verb
• (of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into or through something.
• "he bit off a piece of cheese"
Similar:
sink one's teeth into,
chew,
munch,
crunch,
champ,
tear at,
masticate,
eat,
nibble at,
gnaw at,
• (of a fish) take the bait or lure on the end of a fishing line into the mouth.
• "I marvel at how easily and eagerly a chub will bite"
• make firm contact with a surface.
• "the brake pads don't bite until they're warmed up"
• (of a policy or situation) take effect, with unpleasant consequences.
• "the cuts in art education were starting to bite"
Similar:
take effect,
have an effect,
be effective,
be efficacious,
work,
function,
act,
have results,
take hold,
succeed,
be successful,
work out,
go as planned,
have the desired effect/result,
come off,
pay off,
do the trick,
do the business,
turn the trick,
Origin:
Old English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen .
bit by bit
• gradually.
• "bit by bit the truth started to emerge"
