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

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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-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.
‘Hycean’ exoplanets could be home to the alien life we’ve been searching for|Charlie Wood|August 26, 2021|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.
Cicadas, plants and too much sun: How to keep your pet safe from summer hazards|Angela Haupt|June 3, 2021|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.
As coronavirus infections and vaccinations surge, hope collides with dread|Lenny Bernstein, Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil, Kayla Ruble|April 2, 2021|Washington Post

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."
"Hee-Haw": Jim Carrey Mocks Gun Lovers & Charlton Heston In Spoof|Anna Klassen|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
OR the Koran can be shredded… into little bitty pieces, destroyed, shredded.
Terry Jones: How the Mad Pastor Oozed Back|Leon Dische Becker|April 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It sets her apart from that trashy look of cutoffs and itty-bitty tank tops.
Bloody Good Fashion|Renata Espinosa|June 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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
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
I was a little bitty old fellow with a little sack hangin' at my side.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2|Work Projects Administration
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

bitty

/ (ˈbɪtɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

lacking unity; disjointed

containing bits, sediment, etc

Derived forms of bitty

bittiness, noun

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