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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



... than twelve noon. I tried the old expedient of walking faster, and calling attention to something in the distance. When the Artist halted, moved uncertainly a few yards, and stopped again, we were lost. He did not need to pronounce the inevitable words, "I'll just get this little bit." The Artist's "just" means anything ...
— Riviera Towns • Herbert Adams Gibbons
... introduced on the end of Giovanni's dagger in a French performance of John Ford's Annabella and Giovanni, and how at the next performance the audience was duly thrilled when Annabella's bleeding heart, made of a bit of red flannel, was borne upon the stage, goes ...
— Robert Louis Stevenson - a Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial • Alexander H. Japp
... bit tired I am," said Kitty, "wid the work I was afther doin' all day. I'll be as well as ever in ...
— Fairies and Folk of Ireland • William Henry Frost
... before she would be justified in trusting herself altogether to his hands, and she thought that her knowledge of Mr. Gilmore was insufficient. It might however be the case that in such circumstances duty required her to give him at once an unhesitating answer. She did not find herself to be a bit nearer to knowing him and to loving him than she was a month since. Her friend Janet had complained again and again of the suspense to which she was subjecting the man;—but she knew on the other hand that her friend Janet did this in her ...
— The Vicar of Bullhampton • Anthony Trollope
... said, "I rarely go into society and I fear my manners are a bit rusty. So if I have come to call too soon, please ...
— Patty's Suitors • Carolyn Wells


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