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