Bit | Mean of bit in English Dictionary

/bɪt/

• Noun
• a small piece of something
1. Put all the broken bits back together.
2. He ate every last/single bit of the food. [=he ate all of the food]
3. He ate only a couple of tiny little bits of bread and cheese and drank a drop or two of wine.
4. We need to get all the bits of dirt out of the carpet.
5. There were broken bits of glass all over the floor.
• a part of something (such as a book, play, etc.)
1. There are some good bits [=parts] near the end of the story: one is the bit where the hero and the heroine are nearly separated.
• a brief comic performance or joke
1. The comedian did a funny bit about taking his daughter to the dentist.
2. a corny comedy bit

• a very short performance in a movie, play, etc.
1. a bit part/role
2. bit players
• all the things that are connected to an activity, a process, etc.
1. He says he's tired of his job, tired of driving to work every day, the whole bit. [=everything]
• an old coin with a specified small value
1. a threepenny bit
• a little
1. I let it bother me a bit. [=slightly]
2. His house is down the street a bit further.
3. There's a bit too much sugar in the dessert, which makes it a bit too sweet.
4. I'm feeling a bit better today.
5. It's a bit like driving a car.
6. This one is a bit bigger than that one.
7. At first, I was a bit confused.
• a small amount or quantity
1. They don't understand much—but they do understand a bit.
2. They saved money a bit at a time.
3. “How much cake is left?” “Only a (very little) bit.”
4. “How old is your daughter?” “She's two and a bit.” [=she's slightly older than two]
5. They understand only a bit of [=a little of] what is going on.
6. There's a bit of both brown sugar and molasses in these cookies.
7. The job may cause you a bit of trouble.
8. His mind's already made up. It won't do you a bit of good to argue. [=it won't do you any good to argue]
• a short period of time
1. Let's wait a (little/wee) bit longer.
2. Repairs will begin in a bit more than a month.
3. He left but came back after a bit. [=he came back soon]
• for a short period of time
1. Please stay here with me a bit.
• someone or something very pleasing
• a sexually attractive person
1. His girlfriend's a bit of all right.
• by small steps or amounts
1. The situation improved bit by bit. [=little by little]
2. I got to know them bit by bit.
• small pieces
1. There were broken bits and pieces of glass all over the floor.
2. I finished the project in bits and pieces [=a little at a time] during my spare time.
• things or objects of different kinds
1. There are just a few bits and pieces of furniture in the office.
2. No one knows exactly what happened. All we have is a few bits and pieces [=odds and ends] of information so far.
• to do your share of a job or task
1. We all have to do our bit [=do our part] to help out.
• in every way
1. The end of the movie was every bit [=just] as good as the beginning.
2. This new project seems every bit as ambitious as the first one.
3. He is every bit the high-powered businessman.
4. You are every bit as deserving as she is.
• not at all
1. It didn't interest me a bit. = It didn't interest me one (single/little) bit.
2. I'm not a bit interested in this movie. = I'm not the least bit interested in this movie.
3. That joke was not a/one bit funny. [=was not funny at all]
4. We weren't a bit tired. [=we weren't tired at all]
• a fairly large amount
1. He knows quite a bit [=quite a lot] more about it than I do.
2. The wait was quite a bit [=considerably] longer than I thought it would be.
3. She lost the race by quite a bit.
4. We've been seeing quite a bit of each other lately. [=we've been spending a lot of time together lately]
5. She'd already finished a good bit of the work before I returned.
6. There's still a fair bit (of the cake) left.
• to pieces
1. The ball hit the window and smashed it to bits.
2. The bridge was blown to bits by the explosion.
3. (chiefly Brit) The pie was falling to bits [=falling apart] as I tried to serve it.
• to a very great degree
1. She was thrilled to bits. [=she was very thrilled]
• the part of a tool (such as a drill) that is used for cutting, drilling, etc.
• a piece of metal that is put in the mouth of a horse and that is part of the device (called a bridle) that is used to control the horse
• waiting in an impatient way to do something
1. We've all been champing at the bit to get started on the project.
• to start doing something in a very enthusiastic and determined way
1. He can be lazy about doing his work, but when he gets the bit between his teeth there's no stopping him.
• a single unit of computer information that is represented as either 1 or 0