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bitty

American  
[bit-ee] / ˈbɪt i /

adjective

bittier, bittiest
  1. Informal. tiny; itty-bitty.

    a little bitty town.

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


bitty British  
/ ˈbɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. lacking unity; disjointed

  2. containing bits, sediment, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of bitty

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

Example Sentences

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At one point these diminutive, muttering, bewhiskered mechanics accompany Grogu on a side quest, piling into a bitty space ship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"I think it's very bitty, very inconsistent. I think clubs are coming to these English grounds and thinking they can have a bit of a go."

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He said he was always drawn to anything about music and learned early on that “that little bitty name beneath the song was the person who wrote the song.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

“Little bitty animals count as much as the big ones,” he says.

From National Geographic • Nov. 28, 2023

“I have a thing about wedding dresses, you know? Ever since I was a bitty girl.”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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