titbit
noun /ˈtɪtbɪt/
/ˈtɪtbɪt/
(British English) (North American English tidbit)
- a small special piece of food synonym morsel
- She had saved a few titbits for her cat.
- a small but interesting piece of news synonym snippet
- titbits of gossip
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as tyd bit, tid-bit): from dialect tid ‘tender’ (of unknown origin) + bit ‘small amount of something’.