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

Almost every song is a lumbering beast so thoroughly composed of bits and pieces from the very best of the entire British popular music tradition as to make each feel inevitable, and the intensity doesn’t let up much until the final track. —Jesse Adams, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025

Sam Curran, England’s bits and pieces specialist, didn’t have his best day with his bowling all sorts. —Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

Head west along the Fisher Service Drive, or take I-375 to I-75 South toward Brush Street for a view of the stadiums and bits and pieces of Detroit's architecture. —Dana Afana, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Some of the vise's other standard features include an integrated bubble level, a metric/imperial ruler, and magnetic side strips for keeping hold of screws or other tiny metal bits and pieces. —New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for bits and pieces

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