bitty

[ bit-ee ]

/ ˈbɪt i /

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adjective, bit·ti·er, bit·ti·est.

Informal. tiny; itty-bitty: a little bitty town.

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

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Origin of bitty

First recorded in 1890–95; bit² + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bitty

bit·ti·ness, noun

Words nearby bitty

bitterwood, bitterwort, bitting, bittock, BitTorrent, bitty, bitumen, bituminize, bituminous, bituminous coal, Bitzer

How to use bitty in a sentence

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.
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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.
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That’s an itty-bitty computer chip that controls the actions of this device.
Batteries not included: This Game Boy look-alike doesn’t need them|Maria Temming|October 21, 2020|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."
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OR the Koran can be shredded… into little bitty pieces, destroyed, shredded.
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It sets her apart from that trashy look of cutoffs and itty-bitty tank tops.
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Hey, little man, get on in here before you freeze your itty bitty butt.
Bush and Cheney: The Movie|John W. Dean|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Hones folks wouldn give ole Black Strap dat amoun uv money fo dat lilly bitty ride less dey was suthin fishy.
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner|Wilbur Lawton
Like I say, he was such a little bitty fellow, and after she moved away we lost track of them.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
We lives in de back in a little bitty house like a chicken house.
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I had a pretty wreath of little white flowers, little bitty, little dainty ones, the pretties' little things.
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Let me see that picture of that little bitty guy, that weasel before.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for bitty

bitty

/ (ˈbɪtɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

lacking unity; disjointed

containing bits, sediment, etc

Derived forms of bitty

bittiness, noun

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bitty

adjective, bit·ti·er, bit·ti·est.

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British Dictionary definitions for bitty

adjective -tier or -tiest

Derived forms of bitty