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Bit vs. Bite

Bit and Bite Definitions

Bit

A small portion, degree, or amount
A bit of lint.
A bit of luck.

Bite

To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.

Bit

A brief amount of time; a moment
Wait a bit.

Bite

To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.

Bit

A short scene or episode in a theatrical performance.

Bite

To sting with a stinger.
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Bit

A bit part.

Bite

To cut into with or as if with a sharp instrument
The axe bit the log deeply.

Bit

An entertainment routine given regularly by a performer; an act.

Bite

To grip, grab, or seize
Bald treads that couldn't bite the icy road.
Bitten by a sudden desire to travel.

Bit

A particular kind of action, situation, or behavior
Got tired of the macho bit.

Bite

To eat into; corrode.
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Bit

A matter being considered
What's this bit about inflation?.

Bite

To cause to sting or be painful
Cold that bites the skin.
A conscience bitten by remorse.

Bit

(Informal) An amount equal to one eighth of a dollar
Two bits.

Bite

To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.

Bit

Chiefly British A small coin
A threepenny bit.

Bite

To have a stinging effect.
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Bit

The sharp part of a tool, such as the cutting edge of a knife or axe.

Bite

To have a sharp taste.

Bit

A pointed and threaded tool for drilling and boring that is secured in a brace, bitstock, or drill press.

Bite

To take or swallow bait.

Bit

The part of a key that enters the lock and engages the bolt and tumblers.

Bite

To be taken in by a ploy or deception
Tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, but no one bit.

Bit

The tip of the mouthpiece on a pipe or a cigarette or cigar holder.

Bite

Vulgar Slang To be highly disagreeable or annoying.

Bit

The metal mouthpiece of a bridle, serving to control, curb, and direct an animal.

Bite

The act of biting.

Bit

Something that controls, guides, or curbs.

Bite

A skin wound or puncture produced by an animal's teeth or mouthparts
The bite of an insect.

Bit

A binary digit, having either the value 0 or 1, used to store or represent data.

Bite

A stinging or smarting sensation.

Bit

To place a bit in the mouth of (a horse, for example).

Bite

An incisive, penetrating quality
The bite of satire.

Bit

To check or control with or as if with a bit.

Bite

An amount removed by or as if by an act of biting
Rezoning took a bite out of the town's residential area.

Bit

To make or grind a bit on (a key).

Bite

An excerpt or fragment taken from something larger, such as a film.

Bit

Past tense and a past participle of bite.

Bite

An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.

Bit

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.

Bite

(Informal) A light meal or snack.

Bit

A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.

Bite

The act or an instance of taking bait
Fished all day without a bite.
An ad that got a few bites but no final sales.

Bit

A coin of a specified value.
A threepenny bit

Bite

A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.

Bit

A ten-cent piece, dime.

Bite

The part of a tool or machine that presses against and maintains a firm hold on a working surface.

Bit

A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
A quarter is two bits.

Bite

(Dentistry) The angle at which the upper and lower teeth meet; occlusion.

Bit

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.

Bite

The corrosive action of acid upon an etcher's metal plate.

Bit

A small amount of something.
There were bits of paper all over the floor.
Does your leg still hurt? —Just a bit now.
I've done my bit; I expect you to do yours.

Bite

(Slang) An amount of money appropriated or withheld
Trying to avoid the tax bite.

Bit

(informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first.
He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.

Bite

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.

Bit

Fractions of a second.
The 400 metres race was won in 47 seconds and bits.

Bite

(transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

Bit

A portion of something.
I'd like a big bit of cake, please.

Bite

(intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
That dog is about to bite!

Bit

Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
Am I bored? Not a bit of it!

Bite

(intransitive) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.

Bit

(slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.

Bite

(intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.

Bit

An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.

Bite

(intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.

Bit

The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

Bite

To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
Are the fish biting today?

Bit

The cutting iron of a plane.

Bite

To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?

Bit

The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.

Bite

To sting.
These mosquitoes are really biting today!

Bit

(BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.

Bite

(intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
It bites like pepper or mustard.

Bit

(MLE) A gun.

Bite

To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
Pepper bites the mouth.

Bit

A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.

Bite

(intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

Bit

(computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.

Bite

(intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
The anchor bites.

Bit

Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
Status bits on IRC
Permission bits in a file system

Bite

(transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
The anchor bites the ground.

Bit

(information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.

Bite

To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
This music really bites.

Bit

A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

Bite

To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.

Bit

(transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).

Bite

To plagiarize, to imitate.
He always be biting my moves.

Bit

Inflection of bite, bitten
I have been bit by your dog!

Bite

(obsolete) To deceive or defraud; to take in.

Bit

Having been bitten.
Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.

Bite

The act of biting.

Bit

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
The foamy bridle with the bit of gold.

Bite

The wound left behind after having been bitten.
That snake bite really hurts!

Bit

Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.

Bite

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.

Bit

In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.

Bite

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
There were only a few bites left on the plate.

Bit

A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.

Bite

(slang) Something unpleasant.
That's really a bite!

Bit

Somewhat; something, but not very great.
My young companion was a bit of a poet.

Bite

(slang) An act of plagiarism.
That song is a bite of my song!

Bit

A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.

Bite

A small meal or snack.
I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.

Bit

The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

Bite

(figuratively) aggression

Bit

The cutting iron of a plane.

Bite

The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.

Bit

In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.

Bite

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Bit

To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.

Bite

A sharper; one who cheats.

Bit

The smallest unit of information, equivalent to a choice between two alternatives, as yes or no; on or off.

Bite

(printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

Bit

The physical representation of a bit of information in a computer memory or a data storage medium. Within a computer circuit a bit may be represented by the state of a current or an electrical charge; in a magnetic storage medium it may be represented by the direction of magnetization; on a punched card or on paper tape it may be represented by the presence or absence of a hole at a particular point on the card or tape.

Bite

(slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.

Bit

A small quantity;
A spot of tea
A bit of paper

Bite

(television) sound bite

Bit

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole;
A bit of rock caught him in the eye

Bite

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
Such smiling rogues as these,Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain.

Bit

An indefinitely short time;
Wait just a moment
It only takes a minute
In just a bit

Bite

To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.

Bit

An instance of some kind;
It was a nice piece of work
He had a bit of good luck

Bite

To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.

Bit

Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding;
The horse was not accustomed to a bit

Bite

To cheat; to trick; to take in.

Bit

A unit of measurement of information (from Binary + digIT); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states;
There are 8 bits in a byte

Bite

To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.
The last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned and turned with nothing to bite.

Bit

A small amount of solid food; a mouthful;
All they had left was a bit of bread

Bite

To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

Bit

A small fragment;
Overheard snatches of their conversation

Bite

To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard.

Bit

A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;
He did his act three times every evening
She had a catchy little routine
It was one of the best numbers he ever did

Bite

To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
At the last it [wine] biteth like serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Bit

The cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press;
He looked around for the right size bit

Bite

To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

Bite

To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites.

Bite

The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.
I have known a very good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

Bite

The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.

Bite

The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.

Bite

A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

Bite

The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.

Bite

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite, by deceiving and overreaching.

Bite

A sharper; one who cheats.

Bite

A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

Bite

A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

Bite

A small amount of solid food; a mouthful;
All they had left was a bit of bread

Bite

A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

Bite

A light informal meal

Bite

(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait;
After fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite

Bite

Wit having a sharp and caustic quality;
He commented with typical pungency
The bite of satire

Bite

A strong odor or taste property;
The pungency of mustard
The sulfurous bite of garlic
The sharpness of strange spices

Bite

The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

Bite

A portion removed from the whole;
The government's weekly bite from my paycheck

Bite

To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws;
Gunny invariably tried to bite her

Bite

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;
The sun burned his face

Bite

Penetrate or cut, as with a knife;
The fork bit into the surface

Bite

Deliver a sting to;
A bee stung my arm yesterday

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