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bittock

noun

Etymology

From bit + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle English bitlok (“bittock”).

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻ — “to split”
  2. inherited from *bitô✻
  3. inherited from bita — “bit; fragment; morsel”
  4. inherited from bitte
  5. suffixed as bittock — “bit + ock”

Definitions

  1. A little bit

    A little bit; a small piece.

    • Then I cut the flesh into bittocks And Shahrazad was surprised by the dawn of day and fell silent and ceased to say her permitted say.

  2. A short distance.

  3. A brief duration.

    • Tell her the bairns will be home in a bittock.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bittock. 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