bits and pieces

plural noun

1

: small pieces

There were broken bits and pieces of glass all over the floor.

I finished the project in bits and pieces during my spare time.

2

: things or objects of different kinds

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

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

Examples of bits and pieces in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For their part, Cavanagh and his Comcast colleagues moved quickly on Monday to throw cold water on the notion that this spinoff is about selling off bits and pieces of the company. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 July 2026

It’s also served as a reminder that the Nationals are ahead of schedule, a nice story filled with promising bits and pieces, including an offensive foundation. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 24 June 2026

In experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, physicists smash together beams of protons, breaking them up into all possible elementary bits and pieces. — Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026

The regimentation, the fabulous food, and the social aspect of sharing meals and bits and pieces of the four-hour hike with fellow Ranchers. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026

Rhymes for bits and pieces

• altarpieces
• frontispieces
• masterpieces
• caprices
• decreases
• eyepieces
• increases
• mouthpieces
• polices
• releases
• timepieces
• workpieces