tidbit

noun

1. (US)A part of poultry when prepared as food

   “If in any case he ever reserved the tidbits of his own table for his own taste, he was never weary of sending the whole joint, tidbit and all, nay even when the whole joint was itself a tidbit, to his neighbor's table.”

2. (US)A tasty morsel (of food).

   “Only a tidbit to a ravenous mouth. (Said when the little tidbit Denmark flies down the huge gullet of Prussia; or when Saghalin falls into Russia's maw.)”

3. (US)A short item of news, gossip, or information.

   “Maya: Maybe we should leave a juicy tidbit for someone to read!”

   “In the congressional apportionment that followed the 1910 census, the average district had 210,328 people, according to the Census Bureau. We make note of this historical tidbit simply to emphasize the obvious fact that DC’s current population is far greater than the population of many of the districts of generations past.”

   ““Gossip” is about a lot more than just juicy tidbits and the columnists that peddle them, presenting a multifaceted look at gossip’s role in the newspaper/media ecosystem and at Rupert Murdoch’s enterprises in particular.”

4. (US)Generically, any small thing.

   “This little book is very entertaining—quite a literary tidbit.”