bite : Idioms & Phrases


a bit

  • adverb to a small degree; somewhat
    a little; a trifle.
    • it's a bit warm
    • felt a little better
    • a trifle smaller
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Auger bit

  • a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.
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bar bit

  • noun a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metal
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bit by bit

  • adverb a little bit at a time
    little by little; in stages; piecemeal.
    • the research structure has developed piecemeal
  • adverb in a gradual manner
    gradually; step by step.
    • the snake moved gradually toward its victim
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bit field

  • noun a field containing only binary characters
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Bit my bit

  • piecemeal.
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bit part

  • noun a small role
    minor role.
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bit-by-bit

  • adjective satellite one thing at a time
    stepwise; in small stages; piecemeal; step-by-step.
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bite off

  • verb bite off with a quick bite
    snap at.
    • The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants
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bite out

  • verb utter
    • She bit out a curse
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bite plate

  • noun a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
    biteplate.
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biting in

Bit"ing in"
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  1. (Etching.) The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. See Etch. G. Francis.
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biting louse

  • noun wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
    louse; bird louse.
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biting midge

  • noun minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
    punkie; punkey; punky; no-see-um.
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blade bit

  • noun a drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear
    blade bit.
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bore bit

  • noun a drill for penetrating rock
    stone drill; rock drill; borer.
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brace and bit

  • noun a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it
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canker-bit

Can"ker-bit` adjective
Definitions
  1. Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. Obs.
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canon bit

Can"on bit`
Etymology
F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule.
Definitions
  1. That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
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center bit

  • noun a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters
    center bit.
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centre bit

  • noun a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters
    center bit.
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chamfer bit

  • noun a bit that is used for beveling
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check bit

  • noun (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
    check bit; parity.
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core bit

  • noun a hollow drilling bit that is the cutting part of a core drill; allows core samples to be taken
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countersink bit

  • noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
    counterbore; countersink.
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crib-biting

Crib"-bit`ing noun
Definitions
  1. Same as Cribbing, 4.
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cross bit

  • noun a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges; used in mining
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Curb bit

  • noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
    curb.
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  • a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. Knight.
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dog bite

  • noun a bite inflicted by a dog
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drill bit

  • noun a bit used in drilling for oil
    drill bit.
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drilling bit

  • noun a bit used in drilling for oil
    drill bit.
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every bit

  • adverb to the same degree (often followed by `as')
    equally; as.
    • they were equally beautiful
    • birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly
    • sang as sweetly as a nightingale
    • he is every bit as mean as she is
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Expanding bit, Expanding drill

  • (Mech.), a bit or drill made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expanded in diameter while boring.
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expansion bit

  • noun a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes
    expansion bit.
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expansive bit

  • noun a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes
    expansion bit.
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fippenny bit

Fip"pen*ny bit` noun
Etymology
Corruption of five penny bit.
Definitions
  1. The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. Obs. ✍ Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the adoption of decimal coins and the withdrawal of foreign coinage from circulation, this coin passed currently for 6¼ cents, and was called in New England a fourpence ha'penny or fourpence; in New York a sixpence; in Pennsylvania, Virginia, etc., a fip; and in Louisiana, a picayune.
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fishtail bit

  • noun a drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear
    blade bit.
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flea bite

  • noun sting inflicted by a flea
  • noun a very minor inconvenience
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flea-bite

Flea"-bite` noun
Definitions
  1. The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.
  2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. Harvey.
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flea-bitten

  • adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
    run-down; woebegone; creaky; decrepit; derelict.
    • a creaky shack
    • a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
    • a flea-bitten sofa
    • a run-down neighborhood
    • a woebegone old shack
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Flea"-bit`ten adjective
Definitions
  1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
  2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said of the color of a horse.
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Flute bit

  • a boring tool for piercing ebony, rosewood, and other hard woods.
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fly-bitten

Fly"-bit`ten adjective
Definitions
  1. Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies. Shak.
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frog's-bit

  • noun European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
    Hydrocharis morsus-ranae; frogbit.
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frog's-bit family

  • noun simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
    Hydrocharidaceae; family Hydrocharitaceae; frogbit family; Hydrocharitaceae; family Hydrocharidaceae.
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frogs-bit

Frog"s`-bit" noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Frogbit.
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frost-bitten

Frost`-bit"ten participial adjective
Definitions
  1. Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
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German bit

  • a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point.
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Gouge bit

  • a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.
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hard-bitten

  • adjective satellite tough and callous by virtue of experience
    pugnacious; hard-boiled.
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hunger-bit

Hun"ger-bit`, Hun"ger-bit`ten adjective (Also<
  • Hunger-bit
  • Hunger-bitten
)
Definitions
  1. Pinched or weakened by hunger. Obs. Milton.
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insect bite

  • noun a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
    bite; sting.
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Jaw bit

  • (Railroad), a bar across the jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box.
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Lip bit

  • a pod auger. See Auger.
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love bite

  • noun a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover
    hickey.
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Manners bit

  • a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners. Hallwell.
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mosquito bite

  • noun a sting inflicted by a mosquito
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nail-biting

  • adjective satellite (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
    cliff-hanging; suspensive; suspenseful.
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Nose bit

  • (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.
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parity bit

  • noun (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
    check bit; parity.
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pilot bit

  • noun a small bit that drills a first hole to guide a larger drill
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Pod auger, ∨ pod bit

  • an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
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Quill bit

  • a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a gouge.
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Rearing bit

  • a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. Knight.
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rock bit

  • noun a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers
    rock bit.
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roller bit

  • noun a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers
    rock bit.
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Sheep's bit

  • (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana) having much the appearance of scabious.
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Shell bit

  • a tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in boring wood. See Bit, n., 3.
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snaffle bit

  • noun a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb
    snaffle.
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sound bite

  • noun a very short speech; usually on radio or television
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spade bit

  • noun a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side
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Spoon bit

  • a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side.
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the least bit

  • adverb in the slightest degree or in any respect
    at all; in the least.
    • Are you at all interested? No, not at all
    • was not in the least unfriendly
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To bite in

  • (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic plates by means of an acid.
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To bite the dust

  • . See under Bite, v. t.
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To bite the dust, To bite the ground

  • to fall in the agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
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To bite the ground, To break ground

  • . See under Bite, Break.
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To bite the thumb at

  • (any one), formerly a mark of contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you bite your thumb at us ?" Shak.
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To bite the tongue

  • to keep silence. Shak.
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twist bit

  • noun a bit or drill having deep helical grooves
    twist drill.
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weather-bit

Weath"er-bit` noun
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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weather-bitten

Weath"er-bit`ten adjective
Definitions
  1. Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. Coleridge.
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yeast-bitten

Yeast"-bit`ten adjective
Definitions
  1. (Brewing) A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reëntered the body of the beer.
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