Meaning

1 senses
  1. A minor role, generally not assigned a name.

    2005, Most of her work, however, consisted of bit parts. She often was cast in movies credited only as "flower vendor," "warden" or "suntan lady," — 'Five Easy Pieces' waitress dead at 85, CNN online.

    эпизоди́ческая ро́льepizodíčeskaja rólʹ

    a small role

Examples

3 sentences
  1. It's impressive that he's popular with just a bit part!

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  2. It's nothing impressive. It's just a bit part in that play.

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  3. I planned to say this later on but in Katahane there is no such thing as a 'bit part'.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a minor role:

Origin

From bit + part.

From bit + part.

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Forms

plural: bit parts
Singularbit part
Pluralbit parts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbit player

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bit part — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto