bit

About 53.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Berinomo.
2. noun A small amount of something.

   There were bits of paper all over the floor.

3. noun A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

   A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.

4. noun A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.

   router bit

5. noun Applied to a various small units of currency and coins.

   a threepenny bit

6. noun A coin of a specified value.

   a threepenny bit

7. noun A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.

   A quarter is two bits.

8. noun A coin of a value similar but not equal to this, in particular the 'short bit', i.e. the ten-cent piece or dime.

Similar words

flake chip morsel fleck spot scrap turn piece moment minute

Often followed by

of more as and by too in like is

Word family

a bit a bit much bits bitted bitting