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bit part

noun

Etymology

From bit + part.

  1. derived from *par-✻
  2. derived from partem
  3. derived from part
  4. inherited from part
  5. inherited from part
  6. formed as bit part — “bit + part”

Definitions

  1. A minor role, generally not assigned a name.

    • 2005, Most of her work, however, consisted of bit parts. She often was cast in movies credited only as "flower vendor," "warden" or "suntan lady," — 'Five Easy Pieces' waitress dead at 85, CNN online.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bit part. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA