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noun
Idioms1.
a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
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a short time: Wait a bit.
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Informal. an amount equivalent to 121/2 U.S. cents (used only in even multiples): two bits; six bits.
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an act, performance, or routine: She's doing the Camille bit, pretending to be near collapse.
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EXPANDa stereotypic or habitual set of behaviors, attitudes, or styles associated with an individual, role, situation, etc.: the whole Wall Street bit.
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a bit, rather or somewhat; a little: a bit sleepy.
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a bit much, somewhat overdone or beyond tolerability.
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bit by bit, by degrees; gradually: Having saved money bit by bit, they now had enough to buy the land.
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do one's bit, to contribute one's share to an effort: They all did their bit during the war.
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EXPANDevery bit, quite; just: every bit as good.
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COLLAPSEquite a bit, a fairly large amount: There's quite a bit of snow on the ground.
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A BIT
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bite, Old English bita bit, morsel; cognate with German Bissen, Old Norse biti. See bite
before 1000; Middle English bite, Old English bita bit, morsel; cognate with German Bissen, Old Norse biti. See bite
Synonyms
1. particle, speck, grain, mite; whit, iota, jot; scrap, fragment.
1. particle, speck, grain, mite; whit, iota, jot; scrap, fragment.
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Science Dictionary
bit  (bĭt) Pronunciation Key
The smallest unit of computer memory. A bit holds one of two possible values, either of the binary digits 0 or 1. The term comes from the phrase binary digit. See Note at byte. |
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Cultural Dictionary
bit definition
The smallest unit of information. One bit corresponds to a “yes” or “no.” Some examples of a bit of information: whether a light is on or off, whether a switch (like a transistor) is on or off, whether a grain of magnetized iron points up or down.
Note: The information in a digital computer is stored in the form of bits.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
a bit
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A small amount of anything; also, a short period of time. For example, Here's a bit of wrapping paper, or It'll be ready in a bit, or Just wait a bit. [c. 1600]
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Somewhat or rather, as in It stings a bit, or Will you have a bit more to eat? [Second half of 1600s] Also see bit by bit; not a bit.
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