Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
biting
IPA transcription: [b'aɪtɪŋ]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
Meaning:
capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
Usage examples
'Yes,' said Mr. Jackson, biting his lip.
He fell suddenly sombre, biting in reflection at his lip.
"Up to a point," she said, biting delicately into the apple.
"Try it and see," answered Trot, biting into an apple herself.
"You know of this biting whistle in the air--this small thing that smites unseen?
The storm has cleared her blood; she needs food and exercise, and is biting madly.
With a hiss it curves its neck and turns the foil upwards, snapping and biting at its tormentors.
But blue-mantle, biting his thumbs, murmured he had not breakfasted yet and edged away behind his companions.
When my informant left, he tells me, Comrade B. had got a half-Nelson on you, and was biting pieces out of your ear.
For a moment, biting her carmine lip, she deplored inwardly the tyranny of the rigid principles governing the sale of her influence in high places.