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snakebite

[ sneyk-bahyt ]

noun

  1. the bite of a snake, especially of one that is venomous.
  2. the resulting painful, toxic condition.


snakebite

/ ˈsneɪkˌbaɪt /

noun

  1. a bite inflicted by a snake, esp a venomous one
  2. a drink of cider and lager


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Word History and Origins

Origin of snakebite1

First recorded in 1830–40; snake + bite

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Example Sentences

And I never go a step out of the house in the summer without my snakebite kit.

Why, more people died of wasp stings than of snakebite in North America annually.

More than one naturalist had died of fever or snakebite, or had been killed by savages.

This will account for the settlers carrying the snakebite outfit.

Snakebite and its cure have always been the despair of medical science.

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