Definitions for BIT
BIT
bit
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IPA: /bɪt/
Bit is a 3 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 14 anagrams from letters in BIT (bit).
Definitions for BIT
noun
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Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
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the mouthpiece of a bridle, having fittings at each end to which the reins are fastened.
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anything that curbs or restrains.
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the blade or iron of a carpenter's plane.
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the cutting part of an ax or hatchet.
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the wide portion at the end of an ordinary key that moves the bolt.
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a small piece or quantity of anything:
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a short time:
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Informal. an amount equivalent to 12½ U.S. cents (used only in even multiples):
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an act, performance, or routine:
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a stereotypic or habitual set of behaviors, attitudes, or styles associated with an individual, role, situation, etc.:
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Also called bit part. a very small role, as in a play or motion picture, containing few or no lines.
Compare walk-on (def 1).
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any small coin:
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a Spanish or Mexican silver real worth 12½ cents, formerly current in parts of the U.S.
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Also called binary digit. a single, basic unit of information, used in connection with computers and information theory.
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baud.
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an act of biting.
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a wound made by biting:
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a cutting, stinging, or nipping effect:
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a piece bitten off:
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a small meal:
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a portion severed from the whole:
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a morsel of food:
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the occlusion of one's teeth:
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Machinery.
the catch or hold that one object or one part of a mechanical apparatus has on another.
a surface brought into contact to obtain a hold or grip, as in a lathe chuck or similar device.
the amount of material that a mechanical shovel or the like can carry at one time.
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sharpness; incisiveness; effectiveness:
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the roughness of the surface of a file.
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Metalworking. the maximum angle, measured from the center of a roll in a rolling mill, between a perpendicular and a line to the point of contact where a given object to be rolled will enter between the rolls.
verb
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simple past tense and a past participle of bite.
Idioms
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take the bit in / between one's teeth, to cast off control; willfully go one's own way:
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a bit, rather or somewhat; a little:
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a bit much, somewhat overdone or beyond tolerability.
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bit by bit, by degrees; gradually:
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do one's bit, to contribute one's share to an effort:
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every bit, quite; just:
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quite a bit, a fairly large amount:
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bite off more than one can chew, to attempt something that exceeds one's capacity:
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bite / snap someone's head off, to respond with anger or impatience to someone's question or comment:
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bite the bullet. bullet (def 7).
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bite the dust. dust (def 21).
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bite the hand that feeds one, to repay kindness with malice or injury:
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put the bite on, Slang.
to solicit or attempt to borrow money or something of value from.
to press for money, as in extortion:
verb (used with object)
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to put a bit in the mouth of (a horse).
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to curb or restrain with, or as with, a bit.
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to grind a bit on (a key).
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to cut, wound, or tear with the teeth:
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to grip or hold with the teeth:
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to sting, as does an insect.
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to cause to smart or sting:
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to sever with the teeth (often followed by off):
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to start to eat (often followed by into):
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to clamp the teeth firmly on or around (often followed by on):
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Informal.
to take advantage of; cheat; deceive:
to annoy or upset; anger:
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to eat into or corrode, as does an acid.
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to cut or pierce with, or as with, a weapon:
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Etching. to etch with acid (a copper or other surface) in such parts as are left bare of a protective coating.
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to take firm hold or act effectively on:
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Archaic. to make a decided impression on; affect.
verb (used without object)
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to press the teeth into something; attack with the jaws, bill, sting, etc.; snap:
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Angling. (of fish) to take bait:
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to accept an offer or suggestion, especially one intended to trick or deceive:
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Informal. to admit defeat in guessing:
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to act effectively; grip; hold:
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Slang. to be notably repellent, disappointing, poor, etc.; suck.
Origin of BIT
before 900; Middle English bite, Old English: action of biting; cognate with German Biss, Old Norse bit. See bite
Examples for BIT
Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting.
But say, that yellow-haired woman, she ain't a bit diffident, is she?
His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.
She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
"I'll walk a bit with you," said his sister, donning her jacket and a cap.
In a bit of foreshadowing, he repeated that opinion in November.
It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.
The blow was a bit too severe and the Egyptian fell down dead.
He doesn't look a bit healthy and hasn't since he quit eating breakfast.
He looked absently at the sandwich, and bit a generous semicircle into it.