bitty

[ bit-ee ]

adjective

, bit·ti·er, bit·ti·est.

1. Informal. tiny; itty-bitty:

   a little bitty town.

2. Chiefly British. containing or consisting of small bits or pieces; fragmentary.

bitty

/ ˈbɪtɪ /

adjective

1. lacking unity; disjointed
2. containing bits, sediment, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈbittiness, noun

Other Words From

• bitti·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bitty¹

First recorded in 1890–95; bit ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The mission planners were thrilled to spot this itty bitty bonus companion with the Hubble Space Telescope only in 2018, well after Lucy’s path had been planned.

From Popular-Science

As astronomers continue to discover scores of exoplanets, our solar system—with its itty-bitty rocky planets on the inside and its gaseous giants on the outside—is looking more and more like a weirdo.

From Popular-Science

If you’ve got a tiny chihuahua that eats three or four of them, that could be a problem because they’re much larger for a little bitty dog.

From Washington Post

Knowing that I’m not going to transmit this to any of my little, itty-bitty patients that I take care of, or that I’m going to take it from one room to another room.

From Washington Post

That’s an itty-bitty computer chip that controls the actions of this device.

From Science News For Students

Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."

From The Daily Beast

OR the Koran can be shredded… into little bitty pieces, destroyed, shredded.

From The Daily Beast

It sets her apart from that trashy look of cutoffs and itty-bitty tank tops.

From The Daily Beast

Hey, little man, get on in here before you freeze your itty bitty butt.

From The Daily Beast

Hones folks wouldn give ole Black Strap dat amoun uv money fo dat lilly bitty ride less dey was suthin fishy.

From Project Gutenberg

Like I say, he was such a little bitty fellow, and after she moved away we lost track of them.

From Project Gutenberg

Let me see that picture of that little bitty guy, that weasel before.

From Project Gutenberg

I was a little bitty old fellow with a little sack hangin' at my side.

From Project Gutenberg

It's just a bitty little dot, but the map was made before the evacuation started.

From Project Gutenberg

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