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单词 bitty
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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.

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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Example sentences from the Web for bitty

  • Grandma was a little, bitty woman; so little that she wore a number one shoe.

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  • It's just a bitty little dot, but the map was made before the evacuation started.

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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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