little-bitty

[ lit-l-bit-ee ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. extremely small; tiny.

Word History and Origins

Origin of little-bitty¹

1900–05, Amer.; little bit + -y ²

Example Sentences

Built on a prominent sample of the bass line from “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie — though Vanilla Ice initially claimed that a “little-bitty change” to the riff made it his own — “Ice Ice Baby” brought international stardom to the rapper and dancer born Robert Van Winkle, whose breakout single drove sales of his 1990 LP, “To the Extreme,” to seven-times-platinum status.

From Los Angeles Times

“This one’s an idiot. He got stuck in this little-bitty hole the other day.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I stuck up that little-bitty sign that explained my thoughts about the communist Chinese government and the way they treat their people,” Jackson said.

From Washington Times

“I stuck up that little-bitty sign that explained my thoughts about the communist Chinese government and the way they treat their people,” the eatery’s owner, Steve Jackson, told the Farmington Daily-Times.

From Washington Times

“The first time we made a big structure using this system, we didn’t know if it was going to work, scaling up from this little-bitty thing to this big brick,” said Chelsea Heveran, a former postdoc with the group — now an engineer at Montana State University — and the lead author of the study.

From Seattle Times