Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vertical post, usually one of a pair, set on the deck of a ship and used to secure ropes or cables.
- transitive verb To wind (a cable) around a bitt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a strong post of wood or iron to which cables are made fast.
- Nautical, to put round the bitts: as, to
bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to let it out gradually. The latter process is calledveering away .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) See
bitts . - transitive verb (Naut.) To put round the bitts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.
- noun nautical A
bollard
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb secure with a bitt
- noun a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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July 17th, 2008 at 6: 33 am i'm in ff3 on a pc and it looks fine to me … must be mac ff3 users who are experiencing trouble? anyway, i like a cleaner look, personally … grungy sites are great for personal use, but i think the more professional sites look better without it. (however, i wouldn't be against seeing a 'bitt' more personalization here …)
BittBox 2008
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July 17th, 2008 at 6: 33 am i'm in ff3 on a pc and it looks fine to me … must be mac ff3 users who are experiencing trouble? anyway, i like a cleaner look, personally … grungy sites are great for personal use, but i think the more professional sites look better without it. (however, i wouldn't be against seeing a 'bitt' more personalization here …)
BittBox 2008
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July 17th, 2008 at 6: 33 am i'm in ff3 on a pc and it looks fine to me … must be mac ff3 users who are experiencing trouble? anyway, i like a cleaner look, personally … grungy sites are great for personal use, but i think the more professional sites look better without it. (however, i wouldn't be against seeing a 'bitt' more personalization here …)
BittBox 2008
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Oofty-Oofty took a turn on a bitt, the rope tautened, and the Ghost, lunging onward, jerked the cook to the surface.
Chapter 21 2010
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One man I noticed fetch up, head on and square on, with the starboard bitt.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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One man I noticed fetch up, head on and square on, with the starboard bitt.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Owur fabrit B&B maiks a termayder “Napoleon” sallid – tehy stakk frosch termayders wif slyses uv mozzarelly adn frosch bayzil leeves untyl teh stak izz abowt fwee inchus ohai, and cut itz intu a rekkytanglol soe itzreezemblols teh paystree Napoleon, – a bitt uv seesawlt adn froschlolee-krakkeded peppur, adn a dreseng uv redoosed balsamick vinnygrrr.
nobbody undestands - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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April 14, 2010 at 11:50 am ebbree liddlol bitt halpz, aifinkso!
Dis may be de most - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Ai haz a bitt uv an awf-toppik kweschun – peery oddiklolee ai sea sumwun menshun a paij foar cheezepeeps awn teh buk ov fayses – wuud sumwun pweese letz mih noe wich wun itz izz?
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May 26, 2010 at 8:04 pm mai aiez, itt seemz, arre a bitt maor leek-proof den sum…butt ai agreez wiff yoo…
Is simples. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
chained_bear commented on the word bitt
See mangerboard, or bitts, for usage notes.
February 23, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word bitt
as in bitt-er end
January 9, 2009
bilby commented on the word bitt
"Tripping over this bollard wasn't much fun," said Tom bitterly.
February 9, 2016