bits and bobs

plural noun

British

: things or objects of different kinds

There are just a few bits and bobs of furniture in the office.

No one knows exactly what happened. All we have is a few bits and bobs of information so far.

Examples of bits and bobs in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her fiction is cluttered with bric-a-brac, bits and bobs, stuffed into boxes and drawers and cupboards—remnants of someone’s past. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

The pieces themselves are quite powerful, involving bits and bobs of righteous fury and vigilante justice, but they’re rarely strung together with the requisite rhythm. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026

As the weekend wraps up, whatever bits and bobs are in your fridge can turn into frittata. — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 July 2026

The walls of Franca’s store were lined with unlabeled bins and drawers full of bits and bobs that looked like the world’s most disorganized hardware store. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

Rhymes for bits and bobs

• blobs
• cobs
• gobs
• hobs
• knobs
• mobs
• robs
• snobs
• sobs
• swabs
• throbs
• kebabs