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

So the copper and the lights and scraps, all the remaining bits and pieces, were being sold. —Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025

The White House has been put under pressure to provide more information on the bombings in Iran last weekend, as bits and pieces begin to leak to the media and House leaders threaten to limit classified briefings for rank-and-file lawmakers. —Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025

Russia's space agency Roscosmos stepped in, committing to provide a rocket, a landing module and a few other bits and pieces. —Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 30 June 2025

What this book does incredibly well is document an oral history of Polish resistance that has, until now, only been told in bits and pieces. —Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025

Rhymes for bits and pieces

• dentifrices
• frontispieces
• masterpieces
• caprices
• decreases
• eyepieces
• increases
• mouthpieces
• polices
• releases
• timepieces
• varices