Biter
WordNet
noun
(1) Someone who bites
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, cognates include Old Norse (Danish ), Gothic , German . Akin to Latin .
Verb
- To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.
- As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
- To hold something by clamping one’s teeth.
- To attack with the teeth.
- That dog is about to bite!
- To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
- To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- Are the fish biting today?
- To fall for a deception.
- I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
- To sting.
- These mosquitoes are really biting today!
- To lack quality; to be worthy of derision.
- This music really bites.
- To plagiarize.
- He's biting my style.
Noun
- The act of biting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- That snake bite really hurts!
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- There were only a few bites left on the plate.
- Something unpleasant.
- That's really a bite!
- An act of plagiarism.
- That song is a bite of my song!
- A small meal or snack.
- I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
Related terms
- bite-sized
- bite stick
- bite the dust
- bite the bullet
- biting
- bitten
- in one bite
- snakebite, snake-bite