📒 rather; to some extent
- These trousers are a bit tight.
- ‘Are you tired?’ ‘Yes, I am a bit.’
- I was a bit disappointed by the film.
📒 a short time or distance
- Wait a bit!
- Can you move up a bit?
- for a bit Greg thought for a bit before answering.
📒 a small amount or piece of something
- Here are some useful bits of information.
- I have a bit of good news for you.
- Let me give you a little bit of advice.
📒 a part of something larger
- The best bit of the holiday was seeing the Grand Canyon.
- I read it, but I missed out the boring bits.
- bit about something I like the bit about owls in the first chapter.
📒 a large amount
- ‘How much does he earn?’ ‘Quite a bit!’
- It rained a fair bit during the night.
- The new system will take a bit of getting used to (= it will take a long time to get used to).
📒 the smallest unit of information used by a computer
📒 a metal bar that is put in a horse’s mouth so that the rider can control it
📒 a tool or part of a tool for drilling (= making) holes
📒 an amount of money equal to 12½ cents
📒 a person’s sexual organs
📒 to be very sad or worried
- Inside I'm in bits because I miss him so much.
- I’m in bits about the problems I’ve had.
- She was in bits over her decision to quit.
📒 behaviour or ideas that are typical of a particular group, type of person or activity
- She couldn't accept the whole drug-culture bit.
📒 a piece at a time; gradually
- He assembled the model aircraft bit by bit.
- Bit by bit memories of the night came back to me.
📒 not fair or not reasonable
- It's a bit much calling me at three in the morning.
- The noise from next door is getting a bit much.
📒 used when talking about unpleasant or negative things or ideas, to mean ‘rather a…’
- We may have a bit of a problem on our hands.
- The rail strike is a bit of a pain.
📒 a person that you think is sexually attractive
- Dave’s new girlfriend is a bit of all right, isn’t she?
📒 a person of a low social class who has a sexual relationship with somebody of a higher class
📒 the boyfriend or girlfriend of somebody who is already married or in a steady sexual relationship with somebody else
- Is he your bit on the side?
📒 small objects or items of various kinds
- She stuffed all her bits and pieces into a bag and left.
- I just need to get a few bits and pieces at the supermarket.
📒 to use bombs or other weapons to destroy somebody/something completely
- The plane was blown to pieces when the bomb exploded.
📒 impatient to do or start doing something
- Gerry’s champing at the bit to go to college.
📒 to do your share of a task
- We can finish this job on time if everyone does their bit.
📒 just as good, bad, etc.; equally good, bad, etc.
- Rome is every bit as beautiful as Paris.
- He’s every bit as clever as she is.
📒 to become very enthusiastic about something that you have started to do so that you are unlikely to stop until you have finished
📒 not at all; not in any way
- ‘Are you cold?’ ‘Not a bit.’
- It's not a bit of use (= there's no point in) complaining.
- I'm not the least bit interested in football.
📒 used for saying that something that you had expected to happen did not happen
- You'd think she'd be tired after the journey but not a bit of it!
📒 not any
- He didn't take a blind bit of notice of me (= he ignored me).
- It won't make the blindest bit of difference (= it will make no difference at all).
📒 not at all
- Normally I'm not the least bit shy.
- He wasn't the slightest bit interested in answering our questions.
📒 into small pieces
- The book fell to bits in my hands.
- All the crockery had been smashed to bits.
- She took the engine to bits, then carefully put it together again.
📒 very much
- I love my kids to bits.
- She was thrilled to bits when I said I'd come.