Etymology : Middle English bitt, from Old English bite act of biting; akin to Old English bItan
Pronunciation : bit
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. louse. headlouse. cootie.
2. small piece; small coin; drill; part of the bridle in a horses mouth. single basic unit of information (Computers).
3. derogatory term for a woman. Abb. of bit of skirt, generally a person viewed sexuall.
4. prison sentence. bit\bit\, n. in the british west indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat. [bit \bit\, imp. & p. p. of bite.bit \bit\, n. [oe. bite, as. bita, fr. bītan to bite; akin to d. beet, g. bissen bit, morsel, icel. biti. see:
bite, v., and cf. bit part of a bridle.].
5. a part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. hence: a small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
6. somewhat; something, but not very great. my young companion was a bit of a poet. hook.note: this word is used, also, like jot and whit, to express the smallest degree; as, he is not a bit wiser.
7. a tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. see:
bitstock.
8. the part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
9. the cutting iron of a plane.
10. in the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.bit my bit, piecemeal.bit \bit\ , n. [oe. bitt, bite, as. bite, bite, fr. bītan to bite. see:
bite, n. & v., and cf. bit a morsel.].
11. the part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened. the foamy bridle with the bit of gold.
12. fig.: anything which curbs or restrains.bit \bit\, 3d sing. pr. of bid, for biddeth. [obs.]bit \bit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. bitted ; p. pr. & vb. n. bitting.] to put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.bit injured by bites or stings; "leaving the biter bit"; "her poor mosquito-bitten legs" [syn: bitten, stung] n.
13. (british) a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" [syn: spot].
14. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: chip, flake, fleck, scrap].
15. an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, minute, second].
16. an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" [syn: piece].
17. piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit".
18. a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte".
19. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bite].
20. a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation" [syn: snatch].
21. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn].
22. the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"bit the curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. the hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in ps. 32:9 is elsewhere translated "bridle" (2 kings 19:28; prov. 26:3; isa. 37:29). bits were generally made of bronze or iron, but sometimes also of gold or silver. in james 3:3 the authorized version translates the greek word by "bits," but the revised version by "bridles.".
23. louse. nit.
24. The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
25. Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
26. To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of. imp. & p. p. of Bite.
27. A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite.
28. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
29. Somewhat; something, but not very great.
30. A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock.
31. See Bitstock.
32. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
33. The cutting iron of a plane.
34. In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents. 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
35. In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat. the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit" piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" a unit of measurement of information ; the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte".
36. louse, small flightless parasitic insect which lives on the bodies of humans and other mammals, headlouse, cootie. louse. ,-ti.
37. louse.
38. louse, parasite on plants or animals. bit i kanlanmak to get rich. bit sirkesi nit.
39. 1. A bit of something is a small amount of it. All it required was a bit of work I got paid a little bit of money.
40. vagueness A bit means to a small extent or degree. It is sometimes used to make a statement less extreme. This girl was a bit strange She looks a bit like his cousin Maureen That sounds a bit technical Isn't that a bit harsh? = slightly.
41. vagueness You can use a bit of to make a statement less forceful. For example, the statement `It's a bit of a nuisance' is less forceful than `It's a nuisance'. It's all a bit of a mess This comes as a bit of a disappointment.
42. Quite a bit means quite a lot. They're worth quite a bit of money Things have changed quite a bit He's quite a bit older than me.
43. You use a bit before `more' or `less' to mean a small amount more or a small amount less. I still think I have a bit more to offer Maybe we'll hear a little bit less noise.
44. If you do something a bit, you do it for a short time. In British English, you can also say that you do something for a bit. Let's wait a bit I hope there will be time to talk a bit That should keep you busy for a bit.
45. A bit of something is a small part or section of it. That's the bit of the meeting that I missed Now comes the really important bit The best bit was walking along the glacier. = part.
46. A bit of something is a small piece of it. Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut. crumpled bits of paper. = piece.
47. You can use bit to refer to a particular item or to one of a group or set of things. For example, a bit of information is an item of information. There was one bit of vital evidence which helped win the case Not one single bit of work has been started towards the repair of this road.
48. In computing, a bit is the smallest unit of information that is held in a computer's memory. It is either 1 or.
49. Several bits form a byte.
50. A bit is 12½ cents; mainly used in expressions such as two bits, which means 25 cents, or four bits, which means 50 cents.
51. Bit is the past tense of bite.
52. If something happens bit by bit, it happens in stages. Bit by bit I began to understand what they were trying to do.
53. If someone is champing at the bit or is chomping at the bit, they are very impatient to do something, but they are prevented from doing it, usually by circumstances that they have no control over. I expect you're champing at the bit, so we'll get things going as soon as we can.
54. If you do your bit, you do something that, to a small or limited extent, helps to achieve something. Marcie always tried to do her bit.
55. emphasis You say that one thing is every bit as good, interesting, or important as another to emphasize that the first thing is just as good, interesting, or important as the second. My dinner jacket is every bit as good as his.
56. feelings If you say that something is a bit much, you are annoyed because you think someone has behaved in an unreasonable way. It's a bit much expecting me to dump your boyfriend for you.
57. emphasis You use not a bit when you want to make a strong negative statement. I'm really not a bit surprised `Are you disappointed?' `Not a bit.'.
58. emphasis You say not a bit of it to emphasize that something that you might expect to be the case is not the case. Did he give up? Not a bit of it!.
59. You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
60. If you get the bit between your teeth, or take the bit between your teeth, you become very enthusiastic about a job you have to do.
61. If something is smashed or blown to bits, it is broken into a number of pieces. If something falls to bits, it comes apart so that it is in a number of pieces. She found a pretty yellow jug smashed to bits.
62. thrilled to bits: see:
thrilled. A fundamental unit of information having just two possible values, as either of the binary digits 0 or.
63. Past tense and a past participle of bite. in full binary digit In communication and information theory, a unit of information equivalent to the result of a choice between only two possible alternatives, such as 1 and 0 in the binary code generally used in digital computers. It is also applied to a unit of memory corresponding to the ability to store the result of a choice between two alternatives. A byte consists of a string of eight consecutive bits and makes up the basic information processing unit of a computer. Because a byte includes only an amount of information equivalent to one letter or one symbol (e.g., a comma), the processing and storage capacities of computer hardware are usually given in kilobytes (1,024 bytes), megabytes (1,048,576 bytes), and even gigabytes (about 1 billion bytes) and terabytes (1 trillion bytes).
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