bitting

(theater, film) An actor who has a minor role in a production. / (figuratively) An insignificant or unimportant person (in a particular situation).

plural of threepenny bit

(computer graphics) The number of bits (binary digits) used to represent the colour of a single pixel.

(South Africa) One of numerous acacias and mimosas and relatives. / Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn, Cape thorn) / The grapple plant (Uncarina leptocarpa).

simple past tense and past participle of bite the bullet

Alternative spelling of bit depth

(cooking) Caramelized remnants of meat left in a pan after the cooking of the meat, which are often re-cooked in wine or other liquids and then absorbed into cut vegetable pieces in order to make sauce or gravy.

The common prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). / The greenbrier (Smilax spp., esp. Smilax rotundifolia) / Any of various species of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli, etc.).

simple past tense and past participle of chomp at the bit