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Meaning:

Adverb:

  • To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").

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Noun:

  • An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents.
  • An excerpt of material from a stand-up comedian's repertoire.
  • A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.
  • A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to make holes.
  • A small amount of something.
  • computing The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
  • dated|British A coin of a specified value.
  • information theory|cryptography Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
  • mathematics|computing A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
  • rfquote-sense A portion of something.
  • rfquote-sense slang A prison sentence.
  • ''Specifically'', a small amount of time.

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Verb:

  • bite

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