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Bit

noun

1.

A small piece or quantity of something. Synonym: spot. "A bit of paper" , "A bit of lint" , "I gave him a bit of my mind"

2.

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. Synonyms: chip, flake, fleck, scrap.

3.

An indefinitely short time. Synonyms: minute, mo, moment, second. "In a mo" , "It only takes a minute" , "In just a bit"

4.

An instance of some kind. Synonym: piece. "He had a bit of good luck"

5.

Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding.

6.

A unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states.

7.

A small amount of solid food; a mouthful. Synonyms: bite, morsel.

8.

A small fragment. Synonym: snatch.

9.

A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program. Synonyms: act, number, routine, turn. "She had a catchy little routine" , "It was one of the best numbers he ever did"

10.

The part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers.

11.

The cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press.

Bite

verb

(past bit; past part. bitten; pres. part. biting)

1.

To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws. Synonym: seize with teeth.

2.

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. Synonyms: burn, sting.

3.

Penetrate or cut, as with a knife.

4.

Deliver a sting to. Synonyms: prick, sting.

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"Bit" Quotes from Famous Books

... its Dorian majesty! This almost unmutilated and glorious memorial of past ages here reigns alone—the only building far or near visible in the whole horizon; and what a position has its architect secured! In the midst of hills on a bit of table-land, apparently made such by smoothing down the summit of one of them, with a greensward in front, and set off behind by a mountain background, stands this eternal monument of the noblest of arts amidst the finest dispositions of nature. There is another ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. • Various

... hold of A soldier asleep, suddenly tore him, Bit his bone-prison, the blood drank in currents, Swallowed ...

— Halleck's New English Literature • Reuben P. Halleck

... everybody,—that would be like slushy weather, but don't keep yourself so continually so far below zero that you won't have time to strike—well—say eighty-five in the shade, when the right bit of masculine sunshine does come along! ...

— The Girl with the Green Eyes - A Play in Four Acts • Clyde Fitch

... one of the banditti, 'but we maun ripe his pouches a bit, and see if the tale be true or no.' Jean set up her throat in exclamations against this breach of hospitality, but without producing any change in their determination. The farmer soon heard their stifled whispers and light steps by his bedside, and understood they were rummaging ...

— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott

... reliable drunkard that a-way comes mighty near bein' a disease. It ain't no question of nerve, neither. Some dead- game gents I knows—an' who's that obstinate they wouldn't move camp for a prairie-fire—couldn't pester a little bit with whiskey. ...

— Wolfville • Alfred Henry Lewis

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