bit 1 
(bĭt)
(bĭt)n.
Idioms: 1. A small portion, degree, or amount: a bit of lint; a bit of luck.
2. A brief amount of time; a moment: Wait a bit.
3.
a. A short scene or episode in a theatrical performance.
b. A bit part.
4. An entertainment routine given regularly by a performer; an act.
5. Informal
a. A particular kind of action, situation, or behavior: got tired of the macho bit.
b. A matter being considered: What's this bit about inflation?
6. Informal An amount equal to one eighth of a dollar: two bits.
7. Chiefly British A small coin: a threepenny bit.
a bit
To a small degree; somewhat: a bit warm.
bit by bit
Little by little; gradually.
do (one's) bit
To do one's part or contribute one's share.
[Middle English bite, morsel, from Old English bita; see bheid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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- impoverished
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- impracticability
- impracticable
- impracticableness
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- impractical
- impracticality
- impracticalness
- imprecate
- imprecation
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- impregnable
- impregnable
- impregnably