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tidbit

noun
/ˈtɪd.bɪt/

Etymology

From tid (“fond, tender, nice”) + bit (“morsel”).

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

Definitions

  1. A part of poultry when prepared as food

    • If in any case he ever reserved the tidbits of his own table for his own taste, he was never weary of sending the whole joint, tidbit and all, nay even when the whole joint was itself a tidbit, to his neighbor's table.

  2. A tasty morsel (of food).

    • Only a tidbit to a ravenous mouth. (Said when the little tidbit Denmark flies down the huge gullet of Prussia; or when Saghalin falls into Russia's maw.)

  3. A short item of news, gossip, or information.

    • Maya: Maybe we should leave a juicy tidbit for someone to read!
    • “Gossip” is about a lot more than just juicy tidbits and the columnists that peddle them, presenting a multifaceted look at gossip’s role in the newspaper/media ecosystem and at Rupert Murdoch’s enterprises in particular.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Generically, any small thing.

      • This little book is very entertaining—quite a literary tidbit.

The neighborhood

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