bit
/bɪt/
bit
English
Noun Top 303
American (Lessac)
(medium)
Female
0.6s
American (Amy)
(medium)
Female
0.7s
American (Ryan)
(medium)
Male
0.2s
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Definition
A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
Etymology
From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). More at bite. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian bit, Saterland Frisian Bit, Dutch bit, German Low German Beet, Biet, German Biss and Bissen, Danish bid, Swedish bit, Icelandic biti.
Example Sentences
- "A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth."
- "router bit"
- "chamfering bit"
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