bite | a portion removed from the whole, the government's weekly bite from my paycheck |
bite chomp | the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws |
bird louse biting louse louse | wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting, mostly parasitic on birds |
punkie punky punkey no-see-um biting midge | minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects |
bite plate biteplate | a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
flea bite | a very minor inconvenience |
pungency bite sharpness raciness | a strong odor or taste property, the pungency of mustard, the sulfurous bite of garlic, the sharpness of strange spices, the raciness of the wine |
pungency bite | wit having a sharp and caustic quality, he commented with typical pungency, the bite of satire |
sound bite | a very short speech, usually on radio or television |
bite | (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait, after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite |
bite collation snack | a light informal meal |
morsel bit bite | a small amount of solid food, a mouthful, all they had left was a bit of bread |
hickey love bite | a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover |
bite | a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person |
dog bite | a bite inflicted by a dog |
flea bite | sting inflicted by a flea |
mosquito bite | a sting inflicted by a mosquito |
sting bite insect bite | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin |
bite out | utter, She bit out a curse |
bite | penetrate or cut, as with a knife, The fork bit into the surface |
sting bite prick | deliver a sting to, A bee stung my arm yesterday |
snap at bite off | bite off with a quick bite, The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants |
bite seize with teeth | to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws, Gunny invariably tried to bite her |
bite sting burn | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort, The sun burned his face |
biting bitter | causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation, used especially of cold, bitter cold, a biting wind |
barbed biting nipping pungent mordacious | capable of wounding, a barbed compliment, a biting aphorism, pungent satire |
cliff-hanging suspenseful suspensive nail-biting | (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense |
hard-bitten hard-boiled pugnacious | tough and callous by virtue of experience |
creaky decrepit derelict flea-bitten run-down woebegone | worn and broken down by hard use, a creaky shack, a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape, a flea-bitten sofa, a run-down neighborhood, a woebegone old shack |