[bɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small piece, part, or quantity of something
(e.g: give the duck a bit of bread)

- a set of actions or ideas associated with a specific group or activity
(e.g: Miranda could go off and do her theatrical bit)

- a person's genitals
(e.g: You could see everything! All her bits!)

- a unit of 12 1/2 cents (used only in even multiples)
(e.g: the sideshow admission was twenty-five cents, two bits)

- a young woman


Phrases:
- a bit
- a bit of a —
- a bit of all right
- bit by bit
- bit of fluff
- bit on the side
- bits and pieces
- do one's bit
- in bits
- not a bit
- not a bit of it
- to bits

Origin:
Old English bita ‘bite, mouthful’, of Germanic origin; related to German Bissen, also to bite

[bɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:


Phrases:

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[bɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mouthpiece, typically made of metal, which is attached to a bridle and used to control a horse

- a tool or piece for boring or drilling
(e.g: a drill bit)


Phrases:
- above the bit
- behind the bit
- get the bit between one's teeth
- off the bit
- on the bit

Origin:
Old English bite ‘biting, a bite’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch beet and German Biss, also to bite

[bɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put a bit into the mouth of (a horse)


Phrases:
- above the bit
- behind the bit
- get the bit between one's teeth
- off the bit
- on the bit

Origin:
Old English bite ‘biting, a bite’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch beet and German Biss, also to bite

[bɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1 in binary notation


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Origin:
1940s: blend of binary and digit