A bit of something is a small amount of it.

A bit means to a small extent or degree. It is sometimes used to make a statement less extreme.

You can use a bit of to make a statement less forceful. For example, the statement 'It's a bit of a nuisance' is less forceful than 'It's a nuisance'.

Quite a bit means quite a lot.

You use a bit before 'more' or 'less' to mean a small amount more or a small amount less.

If you do something a bit, you do it for a short time. In British English, you can also say that you do something for a bit .

A bit of something is a small part or section of it.

A bit of something is a small piece of it.

You can use bit to refer to a particular item or to one of a group or set of things. For example, a bit of information is an item of information.

You use bit in expressions such as the charity bit and the whole marriage bit to refer to everything that is involved in something, when you do not think it is important.

In computing, a bit is the smallest unit of information that is held in a computer's memory. It is either 1 or 0. Several bits form a byte.

A bit is 12 1/2 cents; mainly used in expressions such as two bits, which means 25 cents, or four bits, which means 50 cents.

A bit is a piece of metal that is held in a horse's mouth and is used to control the horse when you are riding.

Bit is the past tense of bite.

If something happens bit by bit, it happens in stages.

If someone is champing at the bit or is chomping at the bit, they are very impatient to do something, but they are prevented from doing it, usually by circumstances that they have no control over.

If you do your bit, you do something that, to a small or limited extent, helps to achieve something.

You say that one thing is every bit as good, interesting, or important as another to emphasize that the first thing is just as good, interesting, or important as the second.

If you say that something is a bit much, you are annoyed because you think someone has behaved in an unreasonable way.

You use not a bit when you want to make a strong negative statement.

You say not a bit of it to emphasize that something that you might expect to be the case is not the case.

You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.

If you get the bit between your teeth, or take the bit between your teeth, you become very enthusiastic about a job you have to do.

If something is smashed or blown to bits, it is broken into a number of pieces. If something falls to bits, it comes apart so that it is in a number of pieces.