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Meaning
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.
●
In British English:
A
coin
of a
specified
value.
●
In Canadian English:
A ten-cent
piece
, dime.
●
In American English:
A
unit
of
currency
or
coin
in the Americas
worth
a
fraction
of a Spanish
dollar
; now
specifically
, an
eighth
of a US
dollar
.
●
In American English:
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.
●
Specifically, a small amount of time.
●
In 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.
●
A
prison
sentence
, especially a
short
one.
●
An
excerpt
of
material
making up
part of a show,
comedy
routine
, etc.
●
A
gag
or
put-on
; a
humorous
conceit
, especially when
insistently
presented
as true.
●
Short for
bit
part.
●
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.
●
In BDSM:
A
gag
of a
style
similar
to a bridle.
●
In Multicultural London English:
A gun.
●
In Computing & Mathematics:
A
binary digit
,
generally
represented
as a 1 or 0.
●
In Computing:
The
smallest
unit
of
storage
in a
digital computer
,
consisting of
a
binary
digit.
●
In Cryptography & Information theory:
Any
datum
that may
take on
one of
exactly
two values.
●
In Information theory:
A
unit of measure
for information entropy.
●
A
microbitcoin
, or a
millionth
of a
bitcoin
(0.000001 BTC).
Verb
●
To
put
a
bridle
upon; to
put
the
bit in
the
mouth
of (a horse).
●
simple past
of bite
●
In American English & British English:
past participle
of
bite
, bitten
Adj
●
Having been bitten.
Sourced from
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Synonyms
Snaffle
Pelham
Kimberwicke
Morsel
Piece
Scrap
Portion
Share
Segment
Bid
Toy
Coin
B
Tbi
Ort
Dram
More
Antonyms
While
Related
Tad
Smidge
Portion
Mouthful
Chunk
Slice
Part
Sliver
Touch
Sign
Bunch
Bytes
Packet
Pixel
Picture
Symbol
Sort
Smidgen
Shot
Pair
Ton
Component
Fragment
Skosh
Pieces
Pinch
Trifle
Point
Signal
Block
String
Digit
Twist
Message
Sequence
Edge
Fraction
Mask
Element
Form
Little
Somewhat
Thing
Story
Great Deal
A Little
Kind Of
More
Rhymes
It
Dit
Cit
Kit
Rit
Nit
Zit
Pit
Kit
Lit
Fit
Hit
Sit
Git
Bit
Wit
Tit
Jit
Suet
Mitt
Chit
Obit
Spit
Knit
Whit
Ghit
Skit
Slit
Gnit
Grit
Crit
Omit
Pitt
Quit
Clit
Brit
Twit
Snit
Flit
Brit
Writ
Shit
Besit
Unlit
Brit-
Unfit
Filet
Bewit
Split
Uniat
Squit
Befit
Refit
Admit
Tidbit
Permit
Misfit
Uniate
Commit
Beshit
Submit
Acquit
Outwit
Outhit
Prakrit
Transmit
Counterfeit
Fighting Fit
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