bit

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.

Đồng nghĩa: kimberwicke, pelham, snaffle

A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.

router bit

chamfering bit

Applied to a various small units of currency and coins.

A small amount of something.

There were bits of paper all over the floor.

Does your leg still hurt? —Just a bit now.

I've done my bit; I expect you to do yours.

Đồng nghĩa: morsel, piece, scrap, ace, atom, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit

(informal)Specifically, a small amount of time.

I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first.

He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.

Đồng nghĩa: instant, jiffy, tick, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant, jiff, jiffy, jot, minute, mo, moment, New York minute, New York second, no time, sec, second, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while

(informal)A small fraction above a whole number.

The movie lasted for two and a bit hours.

(in plural, informal)(in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.

The 400 metres race was won in 47 seconds and bits.

Đồng nghĩa: split-second

A portion of something.

I'd like a big bit of cake, please.

Đồng nghĩa: portion, share, segment, bit, chip, chunk, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, flake, fleak, fragment, hunk, lump, mammock, ort, piece, piecemeal, portion, scrap, scraplet, slice, snead, snippet, steck

Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.

Am I bored? Not a bit of it!

A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.

Near-synonym: driver

driver bit

Đồng nghĩa: driver

(slang)A prison sentence, especially a short one.

Đồng nghĩa: bid

An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.

His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.

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

(form of, past)simple past of bite

Your dog bit me!

(archaic, form of, informal, participle, past)(informal in US, archaic in UK) past participle of bite, bitten

I've been bit by your dog!

(in compounds, not comparable)(chiefly in combination) Having been bitten.

Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.