Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A choice morsel, as of gossip or food.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
titbit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tasty morsel (offood ,gossip etc.) - noun computing, informal A
quarter of abyte (Half of anibble ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small tasty bit of food
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In all honesty – Really think this tidbit is a waste of space.
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Thank you and what a lovely giftie to start off our New Year with this short but oh so hot tidbit from the next installment ....
Teaser: Indigo's Book Nalini Singh 2009
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I got a kick out of this little tidbit from the 'theology of science fiction' article;
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Another tidbit from a failed National Healthcare system izoneguy
Obamacare revisited: Sir Donald’s Medicare czar nomination fight. | RedState 2010
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I don't think that tidbit is going to get me a raise, but the ability to get to the heart of a problem and not get stuck at the edges is a skill (derived from the class lectures) that most certainly will.
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Here's a fun little tidbit from the Urban Dictionary:
Word of the day frankwu 2009
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Based off of this tidbit from the MS download site, I'm going to wait a week or so for the furor to die down: You don't need to rush to get the RC.
Windows 7 RC Available For Download Now | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Also interesting tidbit from a recent presentation summary about data from Denmark (in 2009 there were 5 traffic deaths in Copenhagen):
Study Shows Stone Way “Road Diet” Improved Traffic, Safety « PubliCola 2010
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The last little tidbit is something that may move you to the top of the list for those appreciative producers trying to fill an opening from a last-minute cancellation.
Book Publicity: All You Need To Know You Learned In Kindergarten | The Creative Penn 2010
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For aficionados of rich-people-being-naughty stories, there's this delicious tidbit from the story by Scott Reckard and Kim Christensen: The pilot of a private plane taking Nicholas and guests from Orange County to Las Vegas had to put on an oxygen mask because they smoked so much marijuana.
Boing Boing 2008
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