biter
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| —vb (often foll by for) , bites, biting, bit, bitten | |
| 1. | to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws |
| 2. | (of animals, insects, etc) to injure by puncturing or tearing (the skin or flesh) with the teeth, fangs, etc, esp as a natural characteristic |
| 3. | (tr) to cut or penetrate, as with a knife |
| 4. | (of corrosive material such as acid) to eat away or into |
| 5. | to smart or cause to smart; sting: mustard bites the tongue |
| 6. | (intr) angling (of a fish) to take or attempt to take the bait or lure |
| 7. | to take firm hold of or act effectively upon |
| 8. | to grip or hold (a workpiece) with a tool or chuck |
| 9. | (of a screw, thread, etc) to cut into or grip (an object, material, etc) |
| 10. | informal (tr) to annoy or worry: what's biting her? |
| 11. | slang (often passive) to cheat |
| 12. | slang (Austral), (NZ) to ask (for); scrounge from |
| 13. | informal bite off more than one can chew to attempt a task beyond one's capability |
| 14. | bite the bullet to face up to (pain, trouble, etc) with fortitude; be stoical |
| 15. | bite someone's head off to respond harshly and rudely (to) |
| 16. | bite the dust See dust |
| 17. | bite the hand that feeds one to repay kindness with injury or ingratitude |
| 18. | once bitten, twice shy after an unpleasant experience one is cautious in similar situations |
| 19. | slang (Austral) put the bite on someone to ask someone for money |
| —n | |
| 20. | the act of biting |
| 21. | a thing or amount bitten off |
| 22. | a wound, bruise, or sting inflicted by biting |
| 23. | angling an attempt by a fish to take the bait or lure |
| 24. | informal an incisive or penetrating effect or quality: that's a question with a bite |
| 25. | a light meal; snack |
| 26. | a cutting, stinging, or smarting sensation |
| 27. | the depth of cut of a machine tool |
| 28. | the grip or hold applied by a tool or chuck to a workpiece |
| 29. | dentistry the angle or manner of contact between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed naturally |
| 30. | the surface of a file or rasp with cutting teeth |
| 31. | the corrosive action of acid, as on a metal etching plate |
| [Old English bītan; related to Latin findere to split, Sanskrit bhedati he splits] | |
| 'biter | |
| —n | |
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Biter
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
It was the latest chapter in the continuing legal saga, and not exactly a nail-biter.
The velvety tree ant, however, is an aggressive biter.
Annette is quick tempered and a compulsive nail biter.
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