noun
Meaning 1
A part of poultry when prepared as food
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
tidbit
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɪd.bɪt/
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[ˈthɪd̚.bɪt̚]
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rhymes with -ɪt
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CMU ARPABET: T IH1 D B IH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A tasty morsel (of food).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 3
A short item of news, gossip, or information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 4
Generically, any small thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 5
a small tasty bit of food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: choice morsel, titbit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *déh2itis Proto-Germanic *tīdiz Proto-West Germanic *tīdi Old English tid English bit English tidbit From Old English tid (“fond, tender, nice”) + English bit (“morsel”).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: dadlı tikə — a tasty morsel of food
- Bulgarian: вкусна хапка (vkusna hapka) — a tasty morsel of food
- Finnish: herkkupala — a tasty morsel of food
- Finnish: makupala — a tasty morsel of food
- German: Leckerbissen — a tasty morsel of food
- Ingrian: makuin — a tasty morsel of food
- Italian: bocconcino — a tasty morsel of food
- Italian: leccornia — a tasty morsel of food
- Māori: komekome — a tasty morsel of food
- Māori: whakapūwharu — a tasty morsel of food
- Plautdietsch: Lakjabeskje — a tasty morsel of food
- Polish: łakomy kąsek — a tasty morsel of food
- Russian: ла́комый кусо́к (lákomyj kusók) — a tasty morsel of food
- Azerbaijani: dedi-qodu — short item of news, gossip, or information
- Azerbaijani: qeybət — short item of news, gossip, or information
- Polish: ciekawostka — short item of news, gossip, or information