"tidbit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tɪd.bɪt/, [tʰɪd̚.bɪt̚] Audio: en-us-tidbit.ogg [US] Forms: tidbits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From tid (“fond, tender, nice”) + bit (“morsel”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|tid|bit|t1=fond, tender, nice|t2=morsel}} tid (“fond, tender, nice”) + bit (“morsel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tidbit (plural tidbits)
  1. A tasty morsel (of food). Tags: US Categories (topical): Foods Translations (a tasty morsel of food): вкусна хапка (vkusna hapka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), herkkupala (Finnish), makupala (Finnish), Leckerbissen [masculine] (German), makuin (Ingrian), bocconcino [masculine] (Italian), leccornia [feminine] (Italian), komekome (Maori), whakapūwharu (Maori), Lakjabeskje [neuter] (Plautdietsch), ла́комый кусо́к (lákomyj kusók) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tidbit-en-noun-3Fi9VXhY Disambiguation of Foods: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'a tasty morsel of food': 99 1
  2. A short item of news or gossip. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-tidbit-en-noun-1JbkEgKJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: titbit [Commonwealth]

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