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two-bit

two-bit adjective: costing 25 cents.

two-bit: costing 25 cents
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Adjective

two-bit (not comparable)

  1. (US, informal) Costing 25 cents.
    • That was back in the days of the two-bit shave and haircut.
  2. (US, idiomatic, slang) Insignificant or worthless.
    • Forget that two-bit shyster. Get yourself a real lawyer.
    • All your two-bit friends / They're shootin' you up with pills1973, Lou Reed, “Oh, Jim”, in Berlin
  3. (quantum computing) Acting on, and producing, two qubits.

two-bit meaning in Bengali and Thai

two-bit in Bengali

২৫ সেন্ট মূল্যের, নগণ্য, মূল্যহীন

two-bit in Thai

insignificant or worthless
ห้าบาทสิบบาท hâa-bàat-sìp-bàat

Examples of two-bit in a sentence

  • He was scheming to stick up T.C. and Miss Lady's pool hall so we could pay off G, but a playa like me was getting ready to go to college and put all that two-bit robbing and stealing shit behind me.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 27:
  • This isn’t speculation, or a serve of two-bit punditry to fuel the opinion cycle.2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian:

Synonyms of two-bit

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Origin of two-bit

Adjective form of two bits.

Questions about two-bit

What does two-bit mean?
Two-bit means costing 25 cents.
What is two-bit in Bengali?
Two-bit in Bengali is ২৫ সেন্ট মূল্যের, নগণ্য, মূল্যহীন. See Two-bit meaning in Bengali.
How do you use two-bit in a sentence?
He was scheming to stick up T.C. and Miss Lady's pool hall so we could pay off G, but a playa like me was getting ready to go to college and put all that two-bit robbing and stealing shit behind me.
What part of speech is two-bit?
Two-bit is an adjective.

Words near two-bit in the dictionary

  1. two-baggers
  2. two-barred crossbill
  3. two-barred crossbills
  4. two-barred warbler
  5. two-barred warblers
  6. two-bit
  7. two-block
  8. two-block haircut
  9. two-block haircuts
  10. two-blocked
  11. two-blocking

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