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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bit \Bit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bitting.]
     To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bit \Bit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bitting.]
     To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bit
       n 1: a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper" [syn: spot]
       2: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
          bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: chip, flake,
          fleck, scrap]
       3: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only
          takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, minute,
           second]
       4: an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he
          had a bit of good luck" [syn: piece]
       5: piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to
          control the horse while riding; "the horse was not
          accustomed to a bit"
       6: a unit of measurement of information (from Binary + digIT);
          the amount of information in a system having two
          equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"
       7: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left
          was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bite]
       8: a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
          [syn: snatch]
       9: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer
          program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she
          had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best
          numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn]
       10: the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded
           and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press;
           "he looked around for the right size bit"
       [also: bitting, bitted]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bitting
       See bit

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bit
       See bite
       [also: bitting, bitted]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bitting
     n.
     the part of a key that engages the tumblers to activate the lock
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en bit nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en bitt nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Bitting
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  bitting
     n.
     the part of a key that engages the tumblers to activate the lock
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en bit nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en bitt nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Bitting
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bitting
     n.
     the part of a key that engages the tumblers to activate the lock
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en bit nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en bitt nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Bitting
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bitting
     n.
     the part of a key that engages the tumblers to activate the lock
     vb.
     1 (present participle of en bit nocat=1)
     2 (present participle of en bitt nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Bitting
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bitting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en bit ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb bit)

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɪtɪŋ/


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