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bit

1. n. a jail sentence. (Underworld.) Mooshoo did a two-year bit in Sing Sing.

2. n. a small theatrical part. (From bit part.) It was just a bit, but I needed the money.

3. n. any part of an act; any isolated activity or presentation. I didn’t like that bit concerning penalties.

See:

• (a little/bit) rough around the edges
• a bit
• a bit beyond (one's) ken
• a bit dicey
• a bit dodgy
• a bit much
• a bit obtuse
• a bit of a stretch
• a bit of all right
• a bit of fluff
• a bit of how's your father
• a bit of rough
• a bit on the side
• a bit out of it
• a bit too much
• a free bit of advice
• a little bit of bread and no cheese
• a little from column A, a little from column B
• a little green
• a little off Go to a bit
• a sticky situation
• batting on a sticky wicket
• be (a bit) on the expensive side
• be (a bit) on the heavy side
• be (a bit) on the large side
• be a bit much
• be chafing at the bit
• be champing at the bit
• be chomping at the bit
• be in (a bit of) a jam
• be in a sticky situation
• be thrilled to bits
• behind the bit
• bit
• bit by bit
• bit much
• bit of fluff
• bit of skirt
• bit of the action
• bit off
• bit player
• bit-bucket
• bite (one's) lip
• bite (someone) in the arse
• bite (someone) in the ass
• bits and bobs
• bits and pieces
• blow to bits
• blow to smithereens
• chafe at the bit
• champ at the bit
• chomp at the bit
• dangly bits
• do bit
• do one's bit
• every bit
• every bit as
• Every little bit helps
• fall to bits
• for two cents
• four-bits
• get the bit between teeth
• give (someone) (a bit of) curry
• hair of the dog that bit
• hair of the dog that bit you
• If it was a snake it woulda bit you
• in a little bit
• in a sticky situation
• in bits and pieces
• It's a bit steep!
• little bit
• look (a little/bit) off
• love to bits
• naughty bits
• not a bit
• on a sticky wicket
• one little bit
• piece
• piece of the action
• play a bit part
• pour it on thick
• quite a bit
• quite a few
• six-bits
• spread it on thick
• take a blind bit of notice
• take the bit in one's mouth
• take the bit in teeth
• the biter bit
• the whole bit
• thrill to pieces
• thrilled to bits
• two bits
• two-bit
• two-bits
• wouldn't shout if a shark bit him