# bits

Pronunciation: say "BITS" /bɪts/

## Noun

1. Plural of bit. — plural of bit
   - Simple: Plural of bit. Use this form when talking about more than one bit.
   - _He swept up the bits of broken glass from the kitchen floor._
   - _The mechanic ordered new bits for the old drill._
2. A slang term for the genitals, used to refer to the sex organs in a casual or jokey way. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A casual word for the private parts of someone's body.
   - _The comedian got a big laugh from a crude joke about getting kicked in the bits._
   - _He wore swim trunks so tight they left nothing to the imagination around his bits._
3. One's local neighborhood or home turf; the patch of a town or city a person comes from and identifies with. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English)*
   - Simple: The local area where someone lives, especially the streets they grew up around.
   - _Everyone in his bits knew his family going back three generations._
   - _She moved across the city but still proudly represents her old bits._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bits (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).