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Bit   /bɪt/   Listen
noun
Bit  n.  
1.
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."
2.
Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.


Bit  n.  In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.


Bit  n.  
1.
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.
2.
Somewhat; something, but not very great. "My young companion was a bit of a poet." Note: This word is used, also, like jot and whit, to express the smallest degree; as, he is not a bit wiser.
3.
A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
4.
The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
5.
The cutting iron of a plane.
6.
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  n.  (Information theory, Computers)
1.
The smallest unit of information, equivalent to a choice between two alternatives, as yes or no; on or off. See also qubit.
2.
(Computers) The physical representation of a bit of information in a computer memory or a data storage medium. Within a computer circuit a bit may be represented by the state of a current or an electrical charge; in a magnetic storage medium it may be represented by the direction of magnetization; on a punched card or on paper tape it may be represented by the presence or absence of a hole at a particular point on the card or tape.
Bit my bit, piecemeal.


verb
Bit  v. t.  (past & past part. bitted; pres. part. bitting)  To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.


Bit  v.  Imp. & p. p. of Bite.


Bit  v.  3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth. (Obs.)





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"Bit" Quotes from Famous Books



... there was one thing that he forgot, and that was, when he had made the cave so much bigger, to prop it, so as to keep the roof from falling in. And so one day he got a terrible fright, and was nearly killed, by a huge bit of the soft rock which fell and buried many of his things. It took weeks of hard work afterwards to clear away the fallen rubbish, and to cut beams strong enough to ...
— Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) - Classic Tales And Old-Fashioned Stories • Various
... were set to destroy themselves if they got into other hands than Dillon's. We haven't a bit of proof that he wasn't a human being. Not ...
— The Invaders • William Fitzgerald Jenkins
... a dog who gnaws a bone, In gnawing it I take my rest; A day will come which has not come, When I shall bite him who bit me." ...
— The False Chevalier - or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette • William Douw Lighthall
... remained at home with her little girl; and it was soon to be seen that the foster-mother cared almost more for the poor frog, with the honest eyes and plaintive croaking, than for the beauty who scratched and bit everybody around. ...
— The Sand-Hills of Jutland • Hans Christian Andersen
... "but they would probably tell you that their husbands like to have them at home—or some day would be stormy and they would 'phone down that 'Teddy' positively refused to let them come out. We have been busy people all our lives and have been accustomed to sacrifice and never feel a bit sorry for it—we've raised our six children and done without many things. It doesn't hurt us as it does the people who have always sat on cushioned seats. The Red Cross Society knows that it is a busy woman who can always find time to do a little ...
— The Next of Kin - Those who Wait and Wonder • Nellie L. McClung


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