bit
(metal in horse's mouth) A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
(British) A coin of a specified value.
(silver coin) (Canada) 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.
(Canada) A coin of a value similar but not equal to this, in particular the ‘short bit’, i.e. the ten-cent piece or dime.
(historical) A unit of currency and coin of the British West Indies worth six (black dogs), originally equal to one-eighth of a Spanish dollar but later increasingly debased to one tenth, one eleventh, one twelfth, etc.
(historical) A unit of currency of the Dutch West Indies in the early 20th century, worth one fifth of a cent.
(microbitcoin).
A small amount of something.
(informal) ''Specifically'', a small amount of time.
(informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
(sports) Fractions of a second.
A portion of something.
Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
(slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
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(slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
(bit part)
(key) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
The cutting iron of a plane.
The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
(BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
(MLE) A gun.
To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
(spast)
(UK) (part), bitten
(in combination) Having been bitten.
(binary digit) (computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
(Q8805)(computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
(datum) (cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
(information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
A (microbitcoin), or a millionth of a (bitcoin) (0.000001 BTC).