bite

Plural: bites

Noun

• a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
• a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
• a light informal meal
• (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
  • "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
• wit having a sharp and caustic quality
  • "the bite of satire"
• a strong odor or taste property
  • "the sulfurous bite of garlic"
• the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
• a portion removed from the whole
  • "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"
• The act of biting.
• The wound left behind after having been bitten.
• The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
• A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
• Something unpleasant.
• An act of plagiarism.
• A small meal or snack.
• incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
• Aggression.
• The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
• A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
• A sharper; one who cheats.
• A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
• A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
• Ellipsis of sound bite.
• The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.

Verb

Verb Forms: bit, bitten, biting, bites

• To cut or grip with the teeth; to sting or puncture.
• to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
  • "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• penetrate or cut, as with a knife
• deliver a sting to
• 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.
• 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.
• To sting.
• To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
• 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.

Examples

• a bite to eat
• After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
• Are the fish biting today?
• As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
• For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.
• He always be biting my moves.
• His play was so sharp, it made me BITE my lip in frustration.
• I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
• I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
• I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
• If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.
• It bites like pepper or mustard.
• Pepper bites the mouth.
• That dog is about to bite!
• That snake bite really hurts!
• That song is a bite of my song!
• The anchor bites the ground.
• The anchor bites.
• There were only a few bites left on the plate.
• These mosquitoes are really biting today!
• This music really bites.
• You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.

Synonyms

bit, burn, chomp, collation, insect bite, morsel, prick, pungency, raciness, seize with teeth, sharpness, snack, sting

Related Words

beetle, bit, bitter, BITEABLE

Anagrams of bite