Bite

Definition: Bite

Bite

Noun

1. A wound resulting from biting.

2. A small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread".

3. A painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin.

4. A light informal meal.

5. A sharp bitter taste property.

6. The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.

Verb

1. To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her".

2. Cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face".

3. Penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface".

4. Of insects, scorpions, or other animals; "A bee stung my arm yesterday.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Computing

Chemical Industry

Dream Interpretation

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Literature

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

BITE

BITE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Bite

Deception

Verb: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize; abuse; mystify; blind one's eyes; blindfold, hoodwink; throw dust into the eyes; dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle; trick.

Trick, cheat, wile, blind, feint, plant, bubble, fetch, catch, chicane, juggle, reach, hocus, bite; card sharping, stacked deck, loaded dice, quick shuffle, double dealing, dealing seconds, dealing from the bottom of the deck; artful dodge, swindle; tricks upon travelers; stratagem; (artifice); confidence trick, fake, hoax; theft; ballot-box stuffing barney, brace game, bunko game, drop game, gum game, panel game; shell game, thimblerig; skin game.

Dupe

Verb: be deceived; be the dupe of; fall into a trap; swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; bite, catch a Tartar.

Engraving

Verb: engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch; bite, bite in; lithograph; Noun: print.

Food

Verb: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.

Pain

Maltreat, bite, snap at, assail; smite; (punish).

Physical Pain

Give pain, inflict pain; lacerate; pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe; pinch, tweak; grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse; torment, torture; rack, agonize; crucify; cruciate, excruciate; break on the wheel, put to the rack; flog. (punish); grate on the ear. (harsh sound).

Refrigeration

Verb: cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter,

Crosswords: Bite

French (cock, Dick, Dong, Peter, prick, rod), Frisian (bite), German (Biss), Manx (bait, lure, wick).

You touch me, I bite. (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

Gimme a bite of your corn dog (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.)

He just dropped in for a quick bite. (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Bite your head off, man. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Speak your heart, Don't bite your tongue (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Turn around and sit it down and let em' bite ya (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

You can tell your dog to bite my leg, ("Achy Breaky Heart"; performing artist: Billy Ray Cyrus)

I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite ("Ode to Billy Joe"; performing artist: Bobbie Gentry)

Granny does your dog bite ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band)

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim (references; author: unknown)

Man who scratches backside should not bite fingernails. (references; author: unknown)

For dog bite, put the dog away for several days. If he has not recovered, then kill it. (references; author: unknown)

The Big Bite (1966)

Love at First Bite (1950)

Don't Bite Your Dentist (1930)

The Tramp's Last Bite (1898)

Big Bite (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bite (reference)

• Bite Me! An Unofficial Guide to the World of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (reference)

• Going with the Grain: A Wandering Bread Lover Takes a Bite Out of Life (reference)

• Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Dawgs Bite (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bite the Bullet (reference)

• They Bite (reference)

• Love at First Bite (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Another Bite of the Apple (reference)

• Bite Out of the Apple (reference)

• Snake Bite Love (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• AUDIO TECHNICA Sound Addict Bite "BARK" Dynamic Vocal Microphone (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Rabies in humans is almost always fatal. Symptoms may be headache, fatigue, fever and pain at the site of the bite can be present. Behavioral changes like apprehension, anxiety, agitation, irritability, insomnia and depression may also appear. Credit: CDC.

St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) virus seen in a mosquito salivary gland, is normally transmitted to humans though the bite of a Culex mosquito. Credit: CDC.

Ector B. Latham Getting a bite to eat on the way to Station Armada. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Trying his luck off a headboat. He just missed a bite. Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries.

Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew : Smokeless Doesn't Mean Harmless!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Keep mum if you want 'em to bite -- D.B.H. Credit: Library of Congress.

Critical moments. Make it go home, Daddie, it might bite or sompin' -- it's been ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Which can bite the hardest?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fort Madison, Iowa. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad men getting a bite to eat in the reading room. Credit: Library of Congress.

Alex[ander] Rolle, Bailiff (?), Old Bite, Cat Is[land], July 1935. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The fish hurried up by the dozens, All ready and eager to bite, For the lad that he flung was so tender and young, It quite gave them an appetite

The pretty little creature gave one a desire to bite her cherry cheeks

The truck driver gnawed down the stick of gum slowly, opening his jaws and lips wide with each bite.

For your mouths lying flat with your faces, you can hardly bite each other to any purpose, unless by consent

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

I looked down and saw two bite marks and some blood. (references)

People usually get get rabies from the bite of a rabid animal. (references)

We cleaned out the bite with soap, hot water, and a disinfectant. (references)

Business

Omnitel’s strongest competitor, Bite GSM, is owned by TeleDenmark, and has approximately 120,000 users and 40% of the Lithuanian mobile communications market. (references)

Bite GSM has in previous years concentrated on developing their tele-communications infrastructure and the Bite GSM network, but is currently leaning more towards developing high-speed data communications and Internet services, the latter through distributors. (references)

The market for mobile Internet services, ISDN lines, and mobile phone lines have been constantly growing for the past few years and will continue to do so. These services represent strong investment areas for U.S. investors, though Omnitel, Bite GSM and Lietuvos Telekomas already hold a large stake in these markets. (references)

Economic History

Canada

Nevertheless, higher natural gas and electricity prices will bite into aggregate disposable income, reducing some of the positive impact of federal and provincial tax cuts. (references)

Lithuania

The four main players operating the Lithuanian mobile telecommunication network market are Omnitel, Comliet, Bite GSM and Levi&Kuto, all of them joint ventures with foreign companies. (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

After the attack, the victims were treated at the local hospital for bite wounds on their hands and feet. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "bite": a bite and a sup ♦ back bite ♦ barking dogs never bite ♦ bite and sup ♦ bite at ♦ bite back ♦ Bite Force ♦ bite in ♦ bite into ♦ bite nails ♦ bite of a snake ♦ bite of snake ♦ bite off ♦ bite off more than one can chew ♦ bite on ♦ bite on granite ♦ bite one's lips ♦ bite one's nails ♦ bite open ♦ bite out ♦ bite smb.'s head off ♦ bite smb.'s nails ♦ bite the bullet ♦ bite the dust ♦ bite the ground ♦ bite the tongue ♦ bite through ♦ bite to death ♦ bite together ♦ dead dogs don't bite ♦ dog bite ♦ flea bite ♦ frost bite ♦ giga bite ♦ gnat bite ♦ have a bite ♦ his bark is worse than his bite ♦ i haven't had a bite all day ♦ insect bite ♦ love bite ♦ more bark than bite ♦ mosquito bite ♦ one's bark being worse than his bite ♦ put the bite on smb. ♦ snake bite ♦ sound bite ♦ take a bite ♦ take a quick bite ♦ To bite in ♦ To bite the dust ♦ To bite the ground ♦ To bite the thumb at ♦ To bite the tongue ♦ without bite or sup. Additional references.

Beginning with "bite": bite-back, bite-detector, bite-mark, bite-marks, bite-shaped, bite-size, bite-sized.

Ending with "bite": sound-bite.

Containing "bite": Rat-Bite Fever.

Afrikaans

byt, beet (beet). (various references)

Albanian

kafshoj (bite off, champ, nip, snap at). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وجبة طعام (helping, serving), ‏ألم شديد (smart), ‏أمسك (catch, cradle, get hold of, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, lay hold of, refrain, withhold), ‏أكل (eat, manage, run through), ‏إستحوذ على (take), ‏خدع (bamboozle, beguile, betray, bilk, bitch, blind, bluff, brown, bubble, camouflage, catch, cheat, chisel, con, crook, deceive, deception, decoy, defraud, delude, diddle, do, dupe, entrap, fall for, feint, fiddle, fob, fool, fox, get round, give the lie to, gull, gyp, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, illusory, impose, intrigue, jape, job, leg pull, lure, mislead, mock, mystify, nick, overreach, pitch, play a trick, pose, prank, pull a fast one, pull his leg, ream, rook, sell, settle his hash, skin, skunk, slang, stick, string along, swank, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, victimize, wile), ‏عض (bitch, champ, nibble, nip, pain, snap), ‏ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant), ‏تشبث (cling, clutch, hang on, hug, staple, tenacity), ‏مضغة (bit, chew, morsel, quid), ‏قرص (jab, nip, nip out, nipping, pill, pinch, sting, tweak), ‏قضم (bite into, bite nails, bite off, biting, champ, chew, crush, gnaw, munch, nibble, prey, snap, worry at), ‏لدغ (biting, burr, lisp, nettle, pinch, sting, stinging, strike), ‏لذع (acrimony, burning, poignancy, pungency, scorch, sharpness, smart), ‏لسع (biting, dig, hurt with words, nettle, offend, sting, stinging), ‏لقمة (bit, morsel, mouthful), ‏عضة (pang). (various references)

Aymara

jihuaña (to bite). (various references)

Basque

hozkatu (bite to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разяждам (attack, burn, canker, corrode, eat, erode, fret, gnaw, rust), щипя (nip, pinch, sting, tingle), хапя (nibble, nip, savage, worry), въздействувам силно, захапвам (bite into, nip, occlude, snap up), жиля (sting). (various references)

Chinese 

齮 , 齦 (gnaw, gums), 叮咬, 咬 (nip), 咥 (gnaw, loud laugh). (various references)

Czech

kousat (be itchy). (various references)

Danish

bide, bid (biting, dogs bite, pattern). (various references)

Dutch

knauwen, happen, beitsen (staining), beet (biting, dogs bite, pattern, wound caused by a bite). (various references)

Esperanto

buŝpreno, mordo, mordi. (various references)

Faeroese

bíta. (various references)

Farsi 

نیش زدن (Sting), نیش (Nip, Prick, Sting, Tang, Tooth, Twinge), گزیدن (Choose, Select, Sting), گزندگی , گزش , گازگرفتن (Gnaw, Nip, Snap), گاز (Gas). (various references)

Finnish

purra (chew), purema (animal bites, biting, dogs bite). (various references)

French

mordre (bite on), morsure (biting, wound caused by a bite). (various references)

Frisian

byt (beet), bite. (various references)

German

beißen (chew, sting, to bite, to bite (bit), Biss (nip, occlusion), stich (engraving, grasp, hint, jab, lurch, pang, piercing pain, prick, puncture, spades, stab, stab wound, sting, stitch, suggestion, taint, thrust, tinge, trick, twinge), happen (morsel, mouthful, snack), greifen (catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grasp, grip, grope, hold, reach, seize, snatch, span, strike, take hold of, to snatch), bissen (bit, morsel, mouthful), Biß. (various references)

Greek 

δάγκωμα (biting), τσίμπημα (nip, pich, pinch, pinching), δαγκώνω (snap). (various references)

Hawaiian

kafshoj. (various references)

Hebrew 

מנשך, לעקוץ (be sarcastic, catch, dig, needle, sting), להכיש (knock, snap, sting), לנשוך (knap, sting), עקיצה (mordancy, sarcasm, sting), נשיכה (biting, snap, sting), נגיסה (biting), נגס. (various references)

Hungarian

marás (cut, cutting, milling, milling cut), harapás (nibble, snack), falat (bit, chaw, junk, morsel, mouthful, nibble, swallow, tiny bit). (various references)

Icelandic

bíta. (various references)

Indonesian

menggigit (nibble, scathing), mencapit (snap at), gigitan (a bite), gigit. (various references)

Inuktitut

kiivaa (to bite). (various references)

Italian

mordere (bite into, champ, nip), morso (bit, nibble, nip, pang, pinch, scrap, sting). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

魚信 (strike), バイキング料理 (bicology, bicycle motocross, bike, binary, binary dump, binary file, bin-aural, binder, bisexual, bypass, byte, byte swap, byte-code, byte-compile, motorcycle, smorgasbord, viper, vitality, work), 咀嚼 , 一飲み (easy prey, mouthful, sip, swallow). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎょしん (strike), バイト (byte, work), そしゃく (lease), ひとのみ (drinking in one gulp, easy prey, mouthful, sip, swallow). (various references)

Korean 

바이트 (byte). (various references)

Manx

greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greim (bit, catch, clutch, commissure, gobbet, grab, grasp, grip, handhold, hold, monopolize, morsel, piece, snap, snatch, tack, tack needlework). (various references)

Maya

chi' (mouth, to bite). (various references)

Occitan

mossegar. (various references)

Papiamen

morde, mordé, mordí. (various references)

Pig Latin

itebay.(various references)

Portuguese

morder (champ, nibble, nip, prick, savage, snap), mordida (snap). (various references)

Romanian

ustura (blister, burn, prick, prickle, smart, sting), urzica (nettle, sting, taunt, tease), pişca (nip, pinch, sting, tweak), muşcare, muşcãturã (nibble, nip, snap, wound), muşca (champ, nip, sting), mâncare (bait, board, bread, cheer, chow, dish, eatable, eating, edibles, esculent, food, grub, meal, meat, mess, plate, repast, table, tuck in, victuals), mânca (browse, consume, dine off, dine on, eat, finish, gnaw, grub, have, Lodge, meal, sting, take, torment), coroda (corrode), arde (bake, be on fire, blister, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, calcine, cauterize, consume, cook, cremate, diddle, glare, glow, grill, heat, ignite, inflame, overdo, parch, roast, scald, scorch, sear, shrivel, smart, smoke, strike, tan, you are getting hot), apuca cu gura, încolţi (attack, bring to bay, corner, germinate, shoot, spear, sprout), înţepa (prick, prickle, puncture, stick, sting), îmbucãturã (gob, gobbet, joggle, morsel, mouthful). (various references)

Romany

dandàv (to bite). (various references)

Russian 

разгрызать, кусаться, кусать укус, кусать (bitten, nip, sting), жечь (burn), жалить (sting, stung), прикусить. (various references)

Scottish

spiol (nibble, pull asunder, snatch), greim (a hold, stitch in), gramasag (anything to chew), criom (nibbling, nip), cìob (a mountain grass, coarse mountain grass). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zalogaj (morsel, mouthful, nibble, toothful), zagristi, ujesti (sting), ujedati, ujed (sting), ugristi (tooth), stezanje (clench, contraction), odgrizak (piece), nagristi (abrade), hvatanje (capture, catch, interception, prehension, seizing, seizure, snap), gristi (corrode, rankle, torment), štipati (pinch, tingle). (various references)

Shona

-ruma (to bite). (various references)

Spanish

morder (bite into, champ, cheat, clutch, corrode, nibble, strike), mordedura (acid embossing, acid etching, biting, dogs bite, etching, wound caused by a bite), mordisco (nibble, nip, snap), lardón. (various references)

Sranan

beti. (various references)

Swedish

bita (biting, cut, hold, nip, savage), bett (bit, edge, sting, teeth), nappa (nappa, take), napp (rise, teat). (various references)

Tagalog

kagatín. (various references)

Thai

กัด (eat into, gnaw away), รอยกัด, หนึ่งคำอาหาร. (various references)

Turkish

kavrama (apperception, apprehension, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), ısırma (biting, nip, snap), ısırmak (bite off, champ, nibble, nip, savage, snap, sting), aşındırmak (abrade, attack, corrode, eat, eat at, eat away, erode, fray, fray out, fret, gnaw into, wash, wash away, wash off, wear, wear off), acılık (acerbity, bitter, bitterness, heat, keenness, piquancy, poignancy, pungency), acımak (ache, be sorry for, commiserate, deplore, feel for smb., feel pity for, feel sorry for, have compassion, have mercy, hurt, pity, pity smb., relent, rue, smart, sting, sympathize), acıtmak (cause pain, gnaw, hurt, pain, sting, wring), diş izi, ısırık, dişlemek (nibble, tooth), zokayı yutmak, kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, catch, catch on, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, latch on to, nail, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, seize, sum up, twig, understand), keskinlik (acridity, acuity, acuteness, bitter, bitterness, edge, intension, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, penetration, piquancy, poignancy, pointedness, pungency, quickness, sharpness, tartness, trenchancy, virulence), lokma (bit, chew, gobbet, gulp, morsel, mouthful), oltaya gelmek (rise to the fly, take the bait), oltaya vurma, sızlamak (ache, smart, sting, tingle), sokmak (dig into, drag, drive, engraft, enter, immerse, implicate, ingraft, inject, insert, instil, instill, involve, land, let in, pitchfork, poke, put, put in, ram, send, sink into, slide in, spatchcock, stick, sting, strike, take into, thrust, tuck, tuck in, work up), yakmak (burn, cauterize, fire, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, light up, put on, scathe, scorch, sear, set on fire, turn on), dişleme (nibble). (various references)

Turkmen 

garbak-gurbak etmek (eat some), gar (snow), diюlemek (eat a little, have a bite), зokmak (peck, pick), atagzy (mouthful, pliers). (various references)

Ukrainian

укус (nip, piercer, snack, sting), кусок (bit, cake, nugget, piece, slab, wad), кусати (snack), клювати (dab, nibble), клювання, гострий біль (stitch). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vết cắn sự châm, thức ăn sự đau nhức, sự ngoạm, sự cắn, sự đốt (burning), phanh, miếng cắn. (various references)

Welsh

brathu (stab, sting, wound), brath (stab, sting, wound), tamaid (bit, morsel), cydio (abut, adjoin, annex, join, take hold), cnoi (ache, chew, gnaw), cnoad, cno (chewing, gnawing). (various references)

Yucatec

chi'bal. (various references)

pad. (various references)

ictus, mordeant, mordeat, mordebit, mordebunt, mordens, mordent, mordere, mordetis, morsu, morsus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.