Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

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.