| moment | | |
| n. (time) | 1. instant, minute, moment, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| ~ climax, culmination | the decisive moment in a novel or play.; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" |
| ~ point in time, point | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ eleventh hour, last minute | the latest possible moment.; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" |
| ~ moment of truth | a crucial moment on which much depends. |
| ~ moment of truth | the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull. |
| ~ pinpoint | a very brief moment.; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together" |
| ~ time | a suitable moment.; "it is time to go" |
| ~ psychological moment | the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect. |
| n. (time) | 2. bit, minute, mo, moment, second | an indefinitely short time.; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" |
| ~ time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| ~ blink of an eye, instant, jiffy, new york minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, heartbeat, flash | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).; "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" |
| n. (time) | 3. here and now, moment, present moment | at this time.; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment" |
| ~ nowadays, present | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech.; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. consequence, import, moment | having important effects or influence.; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" |
| ~ matter | (used with negation) having consequence.; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" |
| ~ significance | the quality of being significant.; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power" |
| ~ hell to pay | dire consequences.; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 5. moment | a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force). |
| ~ force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration" |
| ~ moment of inertia | the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration. |
| ~ moment of a couple | given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them. |
| ~ dipole moment | the moment of a dipole. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. moment | the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value. |
| ~ statistics | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters. |
| ~ statistic | a datum that can be represented numerically. |
| ~ second moment | the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin. |
| ~ variance | the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value. |
| wee | | |
| n. (time) | 1. wee | a short time.; "bide a wee" |
| ~ scotland | one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts. |
| ~ time | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities).; "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" |
| v. (body) | 2. make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ urinate | pass after the manner of urine.; "The sick men urinated blood" |
| ~ wet | make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating.; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" |
| ~ stale | urinate, of cattle and horses. |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
| adj. | 3. bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny | (used informally) very small.; "a wee tot" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ little, small | limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" |
| adj. | 4. wee | very early.; "the wee hours of the morning" |
| ~ early | at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" |
| bit | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. bit, spot | a small piece or quantity of something.; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| n. (object) | 2. bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ matchwood | fragments of wood.; "it was smashed into matchwood" |
| ~ exfoliation, scurf, scale | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. |
| ~ scurf | (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts. |
| ~ sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| n. (event) | 3. bit, piece | an instance of some kind.; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" |
| ~ case, instance, example | an occurrence of something.; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bit | piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding.; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" |
| ~ bar bit | a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metal. |
| ~ bridle | headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control. |
| ~ bridoon | a bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curb. |
| ~ curb bit, curb | a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse. |
| ~ pelham | a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle. |
| ~ snaffle, snaffle bit | a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb. |
| ~ saddlery, stable gear, tack | gear for a horse. |
| n. (quantity) | 5. bit | a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states.; "there are 8 bits in a byte" |
| ~ unit, unit of measurement | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" |
| ~ check bit, parity bit, parity | (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error. |
| ~ byte | a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information. |
| n. (food) | 6. bit, bite, morsel | a small amount of solid food; a mouthful.; "all they had left was a bit of bread" |
| ~ mouthful, taste | a small amount eaten or drunk.; "take a taste--you'll like it" |
| ~ chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad | a wad of something chewable as tobacco. |
| ~ crumb | small piece of e.g. bread or cake. |
| ~ sop, sops | piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid. |
| n. (communication) | 7. bit, snatch | a small fragment.; "overheard snatches of their conversation" |
| ~ fragment | an incomplete piece.; "fragments of a play" |
| n. (communication) | 8. act, bit, number, routine, turn | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program.; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" |
| ~ performance, public presentation | a dramatic or musical entertainment.; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity" |
| ~ show-stopper, showstopper, stopper | an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. bit | the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers. |
| ~ key | metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated. |
| ~ part, portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact.; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" |
| n. (artifact) | 10. bit | the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press.; "he looked around for the right size bit" |
| ~ bur, burr | small bit used in dentistry or surgery. |
| ~ center bit, centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters. |
| ~ chamfer bit | a bit that is used for beveling. |
| ~ counterbore, countersink bit, countersink | a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole. |
| ~ cutting implement | a tool used for cutting or slicing. |
| ~ drill | a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows). |
| ~ drill bit, drilling bit | a bit used in drilling for oil. |
| ~ expansion bit, expansive bit | a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes. |
| ~ pilot bit | a small bit that drills a first hole to guide a larger drill. |
| ~ shank | cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill. |
| ~ spade bit | a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side. |
| ~ twist bit, twist drill | a bit or drill having deep helical grooves. |
| morsel | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. morsel | a small quantity of anything.; "a morsel of paper was all he needed" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
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