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. / (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value.

(informal) To a small extent; in a small amount. / (informal) Slightly; rather. / (UK, meiosis) Very. / (UK, meiosis) A lot.

Having a bit in ones mouth, as a horse.

simple past tense and past participle of bit / simple past tense and past participle of bitt

the part of a key that engages the tumblers to activate the lock

present participle of bit / present participle of bitt

(colloquial) Not at all; in no way whatsoever.

plural of bitting

(computing) The architecture of a computer system or program in terms of how many bits (binary digits) compose the basic values it can evaluate.

plural of bitness