bitty
Informal. tiny; itty-bitty: a little bitty town.
Chiefly British. containing or consisting of small bits or pieces; fragmentary.
Origin of bitty
1Other words from bitty
- bit·ti·ness, noun
Words Nearby bitty
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How to use bitty in a sentence
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.
Meet Lucy: NASA’s new asteroid-hopping spacecraft | Charlie Wood | September 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAs 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.
‘Hycean’ exoplanets could be home to the alien life we’ve been searching for | Charlie Wood | August 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf 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.
Cicadas, plants and too much sun: How to keep your pet safe from summer hazards | Angela Haupt | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostKnowing 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.
As coronavirus infections and vaccinations surge, hope collides with dread | Lenny Bernstein, Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil, Kayla Ruble | April 2, 2021 | Washington PostThat’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."
"Hee-Haw": Jim Carrey Mocks Gun Lovers & Charlton Heston In Spoof | Anna Klassen | March 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOR the Koran can be shredded… into little bitty pieces, destroyed, shredded.
It sets her apart from that trashy look of cutoffs and itty-bitty tank tops.
Hey, little man, get on in here before you freeze your itty bitty butt.
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 LawtonLike 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 KennedyLet 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 KennedyI was a little bitty old fellow with a little sack hangin' at my side.
It's just a bitty little dot, but the map was made before the evacuation started.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for bitty
/ (ˈbɪtɪ) /
lacking unity; disjointed
containing bits, sediment, etc
Derived forms of bitty
- bittiness, noun
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