itty-bitty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of itty-bitty
1890–95; rhyming compound based on little bit; cf. -sy, -y 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The authors have the temerity to report that urban community gardens, those itty-bitty lots where neighbors grow snap peas and the like, don’t amount to a hill of beans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The tiny folks of Lincoln Heights, for instance, send letters to the itty-bitty residences of the Pacoima branch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
Having never lived outside of Chicago, she prized her independence and was reluctant to leave her friends, weekly yoga classes and the "itty-bitty house" she had lived in for decades.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
Upon closer inspection, they realized it was a tiny mushroom erupting from the roughly thumb-size frog’s flank, like an itty-bitty fungal limb.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
“Big Henryk, do you believe you’re a little itty-bitty baby?”
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
