Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word BIT

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Definitions of BIT

1. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
2. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
3. A small amount of something.
4. A portion of something.
5. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
6. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
7. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
8. The cutting iron of a plane.
9. The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
10. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
11. (dated, British) A coin of a specified value.
12. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
13. (now, US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
14. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents.
15. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
16. (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
17. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
18. Short for bit part.
19. (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
20. (MLE) A gun.
21. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
22. inflection of bite
23. (informalinUS, archaicinUK) inflection of bite, bitten
24. (mostly, in combination) Having been bitten.
25. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
26. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
27. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
28. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
29. (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.

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