A type of bit used on a bridle, which works by leverage and has shanks and a curb chain.

(intransitive) To show impatience or frustration when delayed.

(intransitive, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless. / (intransitive, idiomatic, of a person) To show impatience or frustration when delayed.

A twist drill. / Any other style of cutter, for example a spade drill, that is rotated and fed in a similar manner as a twist drill to of cut a hole in metal, wood or other materials.

(slang, Britain, New Zealand, Australia) A secondary lover, a mistress.

(informal) a sexual partner (typically male) of a lower social class

(electronics) A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.

(idiomatic) considerably

(computing) The putative tendency of content in storage to become corrupt over time.

(computing, less common) Synonym of bit rot