bit
The definition of bit is a word often used to describe time or amount, part of a horse's bridle or the cutting part of a tool.
(noun)- An example of a bit is the amount of time you walk when you take a very short walk.
- An example of a bit is the part of the bridle that goes in the horse's mouth.
- An example of a bit is the tool part which is inserted into a drill in order to make a hole.
See bit in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the part of a bridle that goes into a horse's mouth, used to control the horse
- anything that curbs or controls
- the part of a pipestem held in the mouth
- the part of a key that actually turns the lock
- the cutting part of any tool, as the blade of a plane
- a drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, etc.
Origin: ME < OE bite, a bite < bītan, bite
noun
- a small piece or quantity
- a small extent or limited degree: often used with a and having adverbial force: a bit bored
- a short time; moment: wait a bit
- ☆
Origin: orig. used of a small silver coin worth of the Spanish peso (hence, normally 12 cents)
Informal an amount equal to 12 cents: now usually in two bits, four bits, etc. - ☆
- a small part or short performance in a play or entertainment
- Informal any stereotyped or repeated action, expression, etc.: resorting to the aggrieved bit
Origin: ME bite < OE bita, a piece, morsel, bit < bitan, to bite
adjective
transitive verb, intransitive verb
noun
- a single digit in a binary number system
- a unit of information equal to the amount of information obtained by learning which of two equally likely events occurred
Origin: b(inary) (dig)it
See bit in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A small portion, degree, or amount: a bit of lint; a bit of luck.
- A brief amount of time; a moment: Wait a bit.
- a. A short scene or episode in a theatrical performance.b. A bit part.
- An entertainment routine given regularly by a performer; an act.
- Informal a. A particular kind of action, situation, or behavior: got tired of the macho bit.b. A matter being considered: What's this bit about inflation?
- Informal An amount equal to one eighth of a dollar: two bits.
- Chiefly British A small coin: a threepenny bit.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English bite, morsel
Origin: , from Old English bita; see bheid- in Indo-European roots
.noun
- The sharp part of a tool, such as the cutting edge of a knife or ax.
- A pointed and threaded tool for drilling and boring that is secured in a brace, bitstock, or drill press.
- The part of a key that enters the lock and engages the bolt and tumblers.
- The tip of the mouthpiece on a pipe or a cigarette or cigar holder.
- The metal mouthpiece of a bridle, serving to control, curb, and direct an animal.
- Something that controls, guides, or curbs.
- To place a bit in the mouth of (a horse, for example).
- To check or control with or as if with a bit.
- To make or grind a bit on (a key).
Origin:
Origin: Middle English bite
Origin: , from Old English, act of biting; see bheid- in Indo-European roots
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noun
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Origin:
Origin: Blend of b(inary)
Origin: and (dig)it
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