biting
verb
- To cut into something 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 behave aggressively; to reject advances.
"If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite."
- To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
"I needed snow chains to make the tires bite."
- To have significant effect, often negative.
"For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite."
- (of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
"Are the fish biting today?"
- To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
"I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?"
- (of an insect) To sting.
"These mosquitoes are really biting today!"
- To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
"It bites like pepper or mustard."
- (sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
"Pepper bites the mouth."
- To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- To take or keep a firm hold.
"The anchor bites."
- To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
"The anchor bites the ground."
- To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
"This music really bites."
- To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
"You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me."
- To plagiarize, to imitate.
"He always be biting my moves."
- To deceive or defraud; to take in.
noun
- An instance of something being bitten.
adjective
- Causing a stinging sensation.
"a biting wind"
- Cutting or incisive.
"a biting criticism"
- Tending to bite.
"a biting insect"
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