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We think the answer is "BIT" which means:

noun
• • A small piece or quantity of something
• • A small fragment of something broken off from the whole
• • An indefinitely short time
• • An instance of some kind
• • Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
• • A unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
• • A small amount of solid food; a mouthful
• • A small fragment
• • A short performance that is part of a longer program
• • The part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
• • The cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
verb
• • To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
• • To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
• • To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
• • To attack with the teeth.
• • To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
• • To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
• • To have significant effect, often negative.
• • (of a fish) to bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
• • To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
• • (of an insect) to sting.
• • To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
• • (sometimes figurative) to cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
• • To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
• • To take or keep a firm hold.
• • To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
• • To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
• • To perform oral sex on. used in invective.
• • To plagiarize, to imitate.
• • To deceive or defraud; to take in.
adjective
• • Bitten.
• • (only in combination) having been bitten.

An example sentence would be:

• • "I took a small bit of chocolate from the box."
• • "Could you please give me a little bit of your time?"

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