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bitty

English

Etymology

bit +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?ti/, [b??i]
  • Rhymes: -?ti

Adjective

bitty (comparative bittier, superlative bittiest)

  1. Containing bits; fragmented.
  2. Very small.

Derived terms

  • bitty box

Noun

bitty (plural bitties)

  1. Alternative form of bittie

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bitts

English

Etymology

Middle English, probably of Low German or North Germanic origin, and the English form a corruption or contraction, from Old Norse biti, probably ultimately from a variant of Proto-Germanic *bitiz. Compare Swedish beting and Danish beding.

Noun

bitts pl (plural only)

  1. (nautical, plural only) A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor

Derived terms

References

  • An etymological dictionary of the English language, p. 65
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Luxembourgish

Verb

bitts

  1. second-person singular present indicative of bidden

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