bitt

English

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Noun

bitt (plural bitts)

1. (nautical) The bitts.
2. (nautical) A bollard.

Derived terms

• bitt-heads
• bitt-pin
• towing bitt
• unbitt

Translations

bollard

Esperanto: bito Finnish: pollari (fi) Galician: bita f German: Poller (de) m Irish: ceap ceangail m Italian: bitta (it) f, galloccia f Russian: кнехт (ru) m (knext) Spanish: bita (es) f

Verb

bitt (third-person singular simple present bitts, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)

1. (nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.

   to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away

Anagrams

• Tbit

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

bitt

1. singular imperative of bitten

Luxembourgish

Verb

bitt

1. inflection of bidden:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular/plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bit.

Noun

bitt n (definite singular bittet, indefinite plural bitt, definite plural bitta or bittene)

1. bite (act of biting)
2. bite (wound left behind after being bitten)
3. occlusion (the alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together)

Derived terms

• insektbitt
• overbitt
• underbitt

Related terms

• bite (verb)

See also

• bit (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

bitt

1. past participle of bite

References

• “bitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːtst/

Verb

bītt

1. third-person singular present indicative of bītan