bit

Etymology 1
From, , from and , from  and ; both from. More at.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬 and , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
 * 2) A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
 * 3)  A coin of a specified value.
 * 4)  A ten-cent piece, dime.
 * 5)  A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
 * 6)   In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about $12 1/2$ cents; also, the sum of $12 1/2$ cents.
 * 7) A small amount of something.
 * 8)  Specifically, a small amount of time.
 * 9)  A small fraction above a whole number.
 * 10)  Fractions of a second.
 * 11) A portion of something.
 * 12) Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
 * My young companion was a bit of a poet.
 * 1)  A prison sentence, especially a short one.
 * 2)  An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
 * 3)  A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
 * 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) The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
 * 7)  A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
 * 8)  A gun.
 * 1)  Fractions of a second.
 * 2) A portion of something.
 * 3) Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
 * My young companion was a bit of a poet.
 * 1)  A prison sentence, especially a short one.
 * 2)  An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
 * 3)  A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
 * 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) The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
 * 7)  A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
 * 8)  A gun.
 * 1)  An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
 * 2)  A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
 * 3)  The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
 * 4) The cutting iron of a plane.
 * 5) The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
 * 6)  A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
 * 7)  A gun.
 * 1)  The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
 * 2) The cutting iron of a plane.
 * 3) The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
 * 4)  A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
 * 5)  A gun.
 * 1) The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
 * 2)  A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
 * 3)  A gun.

Synonyms

 * , piece, scrap
 * , piece, scrap

Verb

 * 1)  To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).

Etymology 2
See bite

Verb

 * Your dog bit me!
 * , bitten
 * I have been bit by your dog!
 * I have been bit by your dog!

Adjective

 * 1)  Having been bitten.

Etymology 3
as an abbreviation of, probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”. First used in print 1948 by. Compare and, with similar food associations.

Noun

 * 1)   A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
 * 2)  The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
 * 3)   Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
 * 4)  A unit of measure for information entropy.
 * A, or a millionth of a (0.000001 BTC).
 * 1)  A unit of measure for information entropy.
 * A, or a millionth of a (0.000001 BTC).
 * A, or a millionth of a (0.000001 BTC).
 * A, or a millionth of a (0.000001 BTC).

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) louse

Etymology 1
, from.

Etymology 1
Ablaut of.

Noun

 * 1) bit for a working animal
 * 2) bit rotary cutting tool

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) bit binary digit
 * 2) bit unit of storage
 * 3) bit datum with two possible values

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)   binary digit

Etymology 1
From, from , , from and , from  and ; both from.

Noun

 * , smallest unit of storage.

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Noun

 * ,, beetroot, sugar beet, and chard.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) louse

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) louse

Noun

 * 1) sun

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) beat

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * a, piece
 * 1) a bite, mouthful

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) a  (binary digit)

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * a, piece

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) a  (binary digit)

Etymology 3
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Noun

 * 1) a bite (e.g. insect bite, dog bite)
 * 2) a bite, mouthful (of food)

Etymology 4
From the first person singular present indicative of, and from the second person singular imperative.

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) beat
 * 2)  beat

Etymology 3
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Noun

 * 1) drill bit

Etymology 4
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Noun

 * 1) big beat

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   binary digit

Synonyms

 * Abbreviations:

Coordinate terms

 * Multiples:, , , , , , ,

Related terms

 * unit equivalent to 8 bits

Etymology
or.

Etymology
Related to 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1) until

Preposition

 * 1) until, to

Adjective

 * 1) Little.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) essence
 * 2) point, meaning

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  bit

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1) to be

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  binary digit

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a piece (forming a part of some whole)
 * 2) a
 * 3) a  (certain (not insignificant) distance)
 * 4) way, ways, distance (when more idiomatic)
 * 5)  a  (of time)
 * 6) a tune, a piece (song)
 * 1) a
 * 2) a  (certain (not insignificant) distance)
 * 3) way, ways, distance (when more idiomatic)
 * 4)  a  (of time)
 * 5) a tune, a piece (song)
 * 1) way, ways, distance (when more idiomatic)
 * 2)  a  (of time)
 * 3) a tune, a piece (song)
 * 1) way, ways, distance (when more idiomatic)
 * 2)  a  (of time)
 * 3) a tune, a piece (song)
 * 1) a tune, a piece (song)
 * 1) a tune, a piece (song)

Usage notes
is often more idiomatic when piece is interchangeable with part.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  a

Etymology 1
From, , from.

Noun

 * 1)  louse

Derived terms

 * (fishy)
 * (lousy)

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, abbreviation of.

Noun

 * 1)  bit

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, etc.

Noun

 * 1)  louse

Noun

 * 1)  bit

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) duck

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) pen; pencil; writing implement

Etymology 3
From.

Classifier

 * 1)  bolt of