/ ˈtɪtbɪt; NAmE / ( BrE ) ( NAmE tid·bit ) noun
1.
a small special piece of food
SYN morsel :
She had saved a few titbits for her cat.
2.
a small but interesting piece of news
SYN snippet :
titbits of gossip
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent. (as tyd bit , tid-bit ): from dialect tid tender (of unknown origin) + bit small amount of something .