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biting

Verb

Noun

Adjective

bite

Verb

∙ To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth. transitive
∙ To hold something by clamping one's teeth. transitive
∙ To attack with the teeth. intransitive
∙ To behave aggressively; to reject advances. intransitive
∙ To take hold; to establish firm contact with. intransitive
∙ To have significant effect, often negative. intransitive
∙ To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught. intransitive, of a fish
∙ To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor. intransitive, figuratively
∙ To sting. intransitive, transitive, of an insect
∙ To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent. intransitive
∙ To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense. transitive
∙ To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing. intransitive
∙ To take or keep a firm hold. intransitive
∙ To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to. transitive
∙ To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck. intransitive, slang
∙ To perform oral sex on. Used in invective. transitive, informal, vulgar
∙ To plagiarize, to imitate. intransitive, African American Vernacular, slang

Noun

∙ 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. slang
∙ An act of plagiarism. slang
∙ A small meal or snack.
∙ aggression figuratively
∙ 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. colloquial, dated
∙ A sharper; one who cheats. colloquial, dated, slang
∙ 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. printing

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