bit 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bitnext
1
as in speck
a very small piece she left only a bit of the broccoli on her plate

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as in piece
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete bits of cookie scattered on the table

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as in little
a very small amount I'll have only a bit of food right now

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as in while
an indefinite but usually short period of time this will only take a bit

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as in act
a performance regularly presented by an individual or group known for a comedic bit in which she portrayed a very nervous student driver

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as in treat
something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury wielding silver trays, the servers offered partygoers a variety of exotic-looking bits

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bit

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verb

past tense of bite, informal + sometimes impolite
as in sucked
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend

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Recent Examples of bit
Noun
Isn’t space compute a little bit more interesting to allocate those dollars than taking some mobile customers from AT&T? — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026 One of us doesn’t mind, and the other one kind of minds a little bit. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
The sea lion bit her arm, hand and feet, Gray told Oakland’s KTVU. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026 The Colts bit on it, but Mahomes recoiled and looked over the middle of the field. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bit
  1. speck
  2. piece
  3. little
  4. while
  5. act
  6. treat
  7. sucked
  8. particle
Noun
  • The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of speck
Noun
  • For the spring 2027 collection, McGirr fulfilled a dream, inviting the jeweler and former McQueen collaborator, Shaun Leane, to create pieces for the runway for the first time in 16 years.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Schlossman does admit that not every piece of the AI ecosystem will pass a stress test.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of piece
Noun
  • Your daring teen will love the waterslides and surf simulator, and your littles will enjoy the splash pads.
    — Alesa Andrew, Parents, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Miami is about a two-hour drive from Jupiter, where Haydon has four littles to keep her company — Donald III, 17; Tristan, 14; Spencer, 13; and Chloe, 12.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of little
Noun
  • Burton went down holding her face and remained on the floor for a while.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Another person linked to the first Ebola case also tested positive while in quarantine, bringing the total number of infections in Kenya to seven.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of while
Noun
  • People went through the admission and security checkpoints without issues, and the event’s early evening acts enjoyed mostly dry stages with light, intermittent rain.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • To assure further compliance, Section 5 of the act required those states to get approval from the Justice Department or a court before making any changes to their electoral systems.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of act
Noun
  • For example, once a rat has been trained to push a lever to get a treat, its dopamine levels will rise at the sight of the lever before the treat is even available.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Each hot chocolate mix is packaged in its own decorative box with flavors like peppermint swirl, gingerbread, s’mores, chocolate cherry, and more to finish every day with a cheerful sweet treat.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of treat
Verb
  • Jamal Murray is one of the best heatwave scorers in the league, and now their bench, which sucked for years, is a bit deeper.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Judy lit his cigarette and sucked on it as if gasping for air.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of sucked
Noun
  • In 2025 mCDR start-up Gigablue sold 200,000 future credits for a method intended to stimulate phytoplankton on mineral particles that later sink.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • That approach allowed the researchers to cover a larger cosmic volume with more particles.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
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