BITTY
What does "BITTY" mean?
Tiny; very small — usually in the phrase 'itty-bitty'.
Meanings
- Extremely small or little. She picked up the itty-bitty kitten with one hand. informal
- Made up of, or broken into, many small disconnected bits or pieces. The essay felt bitty, jumping from point to point without flow. informal
Word origin
A reduplicative, baby-talk diminutive of 'bit' (a small piece), reinforced in American English by the rhyming compound 'itty-bitty'.
Remember it
BITTY = a 'bit' plus a cute -Y ending; the doubled T makes the word itself look like two tiny bits stuck together.
A little poem
A bitty crumb, a bitty crack of light-
and somehow that's enough to last the night.
couplet
Wordplay
- I tried to write an essay about small things, but it kept coming out bitty.
What it teaches
Small isn't the same as scattered; a tidy little thing beats a big one that's all in bits.
Quick facts
What does BITTY mean?
Tiny; very small — usually in the phrase 'itty-bitty'.
Is BITTY a valid word?
Yes — BITTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BITTY?
BITTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BITTY come from?
A reduplicative, baby-talk diminutive of 'bit' (a small piece), reinforced in American English by the rhyming compound 'itty-bitty'.
What can BITTY teach us?
Small isn't the same as scattered; a tidy little thing beats a big one that's all in bits.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.