"bitt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɪt/ Forms: bitts [plural]
enPR: bĭt Rhymes: -ɪt Head templates: {{en-noun}} bitt (plural bitts)
  1. (nautical) The bitts.
    Sense id: en-bitt-en-noun-4Yov-WFc Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (nautical) A bollard. Translations (bollard): bito (Esperanto), pollari (Finnish), bita [feminine] (Galician), Poller [masculine] (German), ceap ceangail [masculine] (Irish), bitta [feminine] (Italian), galloccia [feminine] (Italian), pachołek [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), кнехт (knext) [masculine] (Russian), bita [feminine] (Spanish), iskele babası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bitt-en-noun-BVE8b-tS Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'bollard': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bitt-heads, bitt-pin, towing bitt, unbitt

Verb

IPA: /bɪt/ Forms: bitts [present, singular, third-person], bitting [participle, present], bitted [participle, past], bitted [past]
enPR: bĭt Rhymes: -ɪt Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bitt-en-verb-PdxKP-RY Categories (other): Nautical, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 4 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 30 5 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 10 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 31 10 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 10 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 31 10 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 5 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 9 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 5 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 3 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 31 8 61 Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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