Definition of bite in English English dictionary
- Something unpleasant
That's really a bite!.
- An act of plagiarism
That song is a bite of my song!.
- To plagiarize
He's biting my style.
- To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught
Are the fish biting today?.
- To lack quality; to be worthy of derision
This music really bites.
- A small meal or snack
I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
- To hold something by clamping one’s teeth
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting
After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
- The act of biting
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful
There were only a few bites left on the plate.
- To sting
These mosquitoes are really biting today!.
- To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth
As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
- To fall for a deception
I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten
That snake bite really hurts!.
- To attack with the teeth
That dog is about to bite!.
- To take hold; to establish firm contact with
I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
- {v} to seize or break with the teeth, cause to smart, cheat
- {n} one round of a rope or cable
- {n} a piece seized with the teeth, trick, cheat
- {n} act of biting, thing bitten off, coil of a rope, a bay or inlet, a trick
- a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite" a light informal meal a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface" to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face
- Ability of a coating to penetrate and soften a previous coating or substrate
- Built-In Test Equipment
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
- a light informal meal a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"
- To cheat; to trick; to take in
- The moment when a fish strikes the fly
- If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth. After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on. Bite is also a noun. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait. see also love bite, nail-biting
- a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"
- a light informal meal
- (aka: "check" or "grab" or "hold" or "sit" or "sit down" or "hit a house") a command issued to the ball by a player who wants his/her ball to stop rolling/bouncing Often yelled out loud or muttered under ones breath Usually used on an approach shot
- The dimension by which the framing system overlaps the edge of the glazing infill
- If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it. Local taxes are going to be taking a bigger bite out of people's income than they ever have before
- The etching process in photoengraving requires the application of an acid; the length of time this acid is left to etch out an image is referred to as its bite The more bites, the deeper the etched area
- (also sometimes "check, grab, hold, sit, sit down, hit a house" and so on) 1 a command* issued to the ball by a player who believes their ball is going too far or too fast 2 the act of the ball stopping quickly as a result of backspin * some players feel that issuing commands to their ball during its movement can alter its final resting point Example: I was really hoping my ball would bite when I saw it heading toward the deep forest
- If the air or the wind has a bite, it feels very cold. There was a bite in the air, a smell perhaps of snow
- A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"
- a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"
- To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites
- approval If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste. the addition of tartaric acid to give the wine some bite
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another
- A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you. Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention
- If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on. She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her
- someone's bark is worse than their bite: see bark to bite the bullet: see bullet to bite off more than one can chew: see chew to bite the dust: see dust. v
- To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing
- Built In Test Equipment, used to evaluate system noise
- Recovery after a turn or a slide When a car turns a corner or slides on a slippery part of the track When they regain their grip, it's as if they're biting the track
- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect. As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead The recession started biting deeply into British industry
- The dimension by which the edge of a glass product is engaged into the glazing channel Block Rectangular, cured sections of neoprene or other approved material, used to position the glass product in the glazing channel Bow Window A window projecting outward from the exterior of a building Composed of four or more units which are aligned in a gently curving contour Breather Tube See Venturi Tube Brick Mould A form of exterior trim (casing) for windows and doors In addition to serving as an anchor point for installation of the unit brick mould provides a boundary for brick or other siding material on the face of the building and attachment of hardware (Sometimes called Shake mould)
- To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite? To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard
- Reverse spin applied to the ball and prevents it from bouncing forward after landing; same as Backspin
- The swelling of ones skin caused by an insects mouthparts or sting
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
- A marked degree of acidity or tannin An acid grip in the finish should be more like a zestful tang and is tolerable only in a rich, full-bodied wine
- If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it. There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it. He took another bite of apple You cannot eat a bun in one bite. A bite is also the amount of food you take into your mouth when you bite it. Look forward to eating the food and enjoy every bite
- {i} nibble, morsel; wound made by biting
- This term has two different meanings, first, "Round Of Bite" describes the turning or adjusting of a car's jacking screws found at each wheel "Weight jacking" distributes the car's weight at each wheel Second, it can be the adhesion of a tire to the track surface
- A sharper; one who cheats
- If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. Both sisters bit their nails as children He bit into his sandwich He had bitten the cigarette in two Llamas won't bite or kick
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects
- Built In Test Equipment Periodically during the mission, this synthesized signal is injected into the radar and recorded
- bite indicator
- A float used by anglers to tell when a fish has taken the bait
- bite me
- An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party
- bite of the reality sandwich
- A wake-up call, a reality check
- bite off more than one can chew
- To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing
I think I bit off more than I could chew when I agreed to paint this house by myself.
- bite one's lip
- To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute
He broke off and bit his lip, feeling that he had better subdue the rising anger in his voice.
- bite one's tongue
- To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute
After the comments she made about homosexuals, I wanted to scream at her, but I bit my tongue instead.
- bite someone's head off
- To severely berate someone
- bite stick
- A piece of equipment used to determine whether or not a stone is a biter
- bite stick
- A small wooden stick used in orthodontistry, which the patient bites on when the bands of the braces are fitted
- bite the big one
- To be unpleasant or undesirable
- bite the big one
- To die
- bite the big one
- To perform poorly; to fail
- bite the big one
- To break down; to be impossible to repair or not worth repairing
- bite the biscuit
- To die
Trained assassins shoot people in the head, and that should be a relatively painless way to bite the biscuit.
- bite the biscuit
- To undertake an unpleasant task or to acknowledge an unfavorable situation or responsibility
Sometimes owners need to bite the biscuit and call in professional help in order to solve a nasty canine behavioral problem.
- bite the bullet
- To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to continue moving forward
- bite the bullet
- To endure a punishment or consequence with dignity or stoicism
- bite the dust
- To quit, or fail
My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.
- bite the dust
- To die
- bite the hand that feeds one
- To cause harm to a benefactor
And the reality is, for all the talk about lobbying reform, Congress has never been known to bite the hand that feeds it.
- bite to eat
- A snack or quick meal
- bite wing
- A holder for X-ray film, in which the film is held in place by a small tab on which the patient bites
- bite wings
- plural form of bite wing
- bite-sized
- Broken down into small pieces that are individually easy to understand or manage
- bite-sized
- Small enough to be eaten in one bite
- bite back
- (deyim) 1. [TRANSITIVE] bite back something to stop yourself from saying what you think.2. [INTRANSITIVE] to react angrily to someone who has done or said something unpleasant to you
1. Paul bit back an angry reply.
2. It was his instinct to bite back.
- bite me
- (Argo) A general derogatory like "fuck you", "kiss my ass", "screw yours"
- bite your tongue
- (deyim) Stop yourself from saying something which you would really like to say
I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my tongue.
- bite-sized
- 1. (adjective) (of a piece of food) small enough to be eaten in one mouthful.2. (informal adjective) very small or short
- bite and sup
- something to eat and drink
- bite into
- {f} grip with the teeth into something
- bite me
- {ü} (Slang) get lost
- bite nails
- {f} chew one's fingernails
- bite off
- {f} seize or pierce with the teeth, cut off with the teeth
- bite off
- bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants"
- bite off more than one can chew
- {f} take on a bigger task than one is capable of completing
- bite one's head off
- act severely, verbally attack someone
- bite one's lip
- restrain oneself, suppress one's emotions or impulses
- bite one's lips
- restrain oneself, keep quiet
- bite one's tongue
- restrain oneself, keep quiet
- bite out
- utter; "She bit out a curse
- bite plate
- a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
- bite the bullet
- endure pain or a hard situation with courage and perseverance (expression used before the days of anesthetics when soldiers held a bullet between their teeth to endure the pain of surgery)
- bite the dust
- die; fail
- bite the ground
- die in action, drop dead
- bite the hand that feeds
- {f} disrespect the person who cares for one, maltreat someone who provides for one, repay someone with ingratitude
- bite the hand that feeds one
- {f} disrespect the person who cares for one, maltreat someone who provides for one
- bite through
- grip with the teeth in from one side and out of the other
- bite-sized
- approval If you describe something as bite-sized, you like it because it is small enough to be considered or dealt with easily. bite-size newspaper items. small enough to put into your mouth to eat
- bite-sized
- Bite-sized pieces of food are small enough to fit easily in your mouth. bite-sized pieces of cheese
- all bark and no bite
- Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious
- all bark and no bite
- Describes someone who often says cutting remarks, but actually has a soft personality underneath
- barking dogs never bite
- Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite
- barking dogs seldom bite
- People who make big threats never usually carry them out
- bit
- A coin of a specified value. (Also used for a nine-pence coin in the British Caribbean.)
A threepenny bit.
- bit
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal
- bit
- To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a")
That's a bit too sweet.
- bit
- A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0
- bit
- : A portion of something
I'd like a big bit of cake, please.
- bit
- Specifically, a small amount of time
He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.
- bit
- A prison sentence
- bit
- The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit
- bit
- A small amount of something
Does your leg still hurt? / Just a bit now.
- bit
- An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first came into use, the Spanish 8 reales coin was widely used as a dollar equivalent, and thus the 1 real coin was equivalent to 12.5 cents.)
A quarter is two bits.
- bit
- Simple past of bite
Your dog bit me!.
- bit
- An excerpt of material from a composition or show
His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.
- biter
- Agent noun of bite; someone of something who bites
Not all dogs are biters.
- biter
- One who plagiarizes
- biting
- Present participle of bite
- biting
- An occurrence of a bite
- biting
- Causing a stinging sensation
a biting wind.
- don't let the bedbugs bite
- Used to wish a person a good night's sleep
- first bite free
- jocular name for the concept in law that a dog is not considered dangerous until it has bitten someone
- love bite
- A swelling on the skin caused by someone (or something) sucking the skin
- love-bite
- Alternative form of love bite
- one's bark is worse than one's bite
- The individual acts threatening but is relatively harmless
Its bark is worse than its bite.
- sound bite
- An extract from a speech or interview used as edited into a news or other broadcast; an interview clip, especially seen as particularly expressive or pithy
- sound bite
- A one-liner deliberately produced for this purpose; a statement specifically intended to be punchy and memorable
The ground offensive against Iraq ended after 100 hours, partly out of concern that American troops not occupy an Arab capital, partly because Arab allies feared the disintegration of Iraq and partly because a “100-hour war” made a good sound bite.
- take a bite
- To eat a quick, light snack
- biting
- mordant
- a second bite at the cherry
- (deyim) another opportunity to do something
- bit
- {v} to put a bit in the mouth, to check
- bit
- {n} the iron of a bridly, a morsel, a coin
- biter
- {n} one that bites, a sharper, a trickester
- a bite to eat
- (deyim) Snack; a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal
- all bark and no bite
- When someone talks tough but really isn't, they are all bark and no bite
- bit
- (Bilgisayar) Short form for "binary digit"
- love-bite
- A Love-bite or hickey is a temporary mark or bruise on one's skin (medically, a minor hematoma) resulting from kissing or sucking or biting forcefully enough to burst blood vessels beneath the skin. It could also be called a "love-mark", a "passion mark" or a "slag tag". Love-bites or hickeys are generally considered more passionate when biting is involved
- open bite
- (Diş) [MASS NOUN] Lack of occlusion of the front teeth when the jaw is closed normally
- abnormal bite
- non-alignment of the upper and lower teeth (Dentistry)
- barking dogs do not bite
- barking dogs seldom bite, things that seem threatening are usually harmless
- barking dogs seldom bite
- barking dogs do not bite, things that seem threatening are usually harmless
- bit
- a small quantity; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"
- bit
- Anything which curbs or restrains
- bit
- If you do your bit, you do something that, to a small or limited extent, helps to achieve something. Marcie always tried to do her bit
- bit
- A unit of measurement that represents one figure or character of data A bit is the smallest unit of storage in a computer Since computers actually read 0s and 1s, each is measured as a bit The letter A consists of 8 bits which amounts to one byte Bits are often used to measure the capability of a microprocessor to process data, such as 16-bit or 32-bit
- bit
- feelings If you say that something is a bit much, you are annoyed because you think someone has behaved in an unreasonable way. It's a bit much expecting me to dump your boyfriend for you
- bit
- If something is smashed or blown to bits, it is broken into a number of pieces. If something falls to bits, it comes apart so that it is in a number of pieces. She found a pretty yellow jug smashed to bits
- bit
- To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of
- bit
- In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents
- bit
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
- bit
- Abbreviated with small "b" Binary Digit The smallest unit of data in a computer
- bit
- In computing, a bit is the smallest unit of information that is held in a computer's memory. It is either 1 or
- bit
- The smallest unit of information in a computer, equivalent to a single zero or a one The word "bit" is a contraction of a "binary digit " Eight bits are needed to create a single alphabetical or numerical character, which is called a "byte "
- bit
- Quite a bit means quite a lot. They're worth quite a bit of money Things have changed quite a bit He's quite a bit older than me
- bit
- Fig
- bit
- A single-digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero A bit is the smallest unit of computerized data Bandwidth is usually measured in bits-per-second
- bit
- A single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero The smallest unit of computerized data Bandwidthis usually measured in bits-per-second See also: Bandwidth, Bit, bps, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte
- bit
- If you get the bit between your teeth, or take the bit between your teeth, you become very enthusiastic about a job you have to do
- bit
- A bit of something is a small piece of it. Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut. crumpled bits of paper. = piece
- bit
- Short for binary digit The smallest unit of information a computer can have The value of a bit is 1 or 0
- bit
- Several bits form a byte
- bit
- If something happens bit by bit, it happens in stages. Bit by bit I began to understand what they were trying to do
- bit
- of Bid, for biddeth
- bit
- You use a bit before `more' or `less' to mean a small amount more or a small amount less. I still think I have a bit more to offer Maybe we'll hear a little bit less noise
- bit
- The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened
- bit
- A bit of something is a small part or section of it. That's the bit of the meeting that I missed Now comes the really important bit The best bit was walking along the glacier. = part
- bit
- You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things
- bit
- A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to make holes
- bit
- Bit is the past tense of bite
- bit
- a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
- bit
- {i} small piece; small coin; drill; part of the bridle in a horses mouth
- bit
- A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock
- bit
- The smallest unit of information on a computer network; a binary digit Data is transmitted in bits per second
- bit
- (Binary DigIT) - A single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero The smallest unit of computerised data Bandwidth is usually measured in bits-per-second See Also: Bandwidth, Bps, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte Go to top
- bit
- An excerpt of material from a stand-up comedians repertoire
- bit
- emphasis You use not a bit when you want to make a strong negative statement. I'm really not a bit surprised `Are you disappointed?' `Not a bit.'
- bit
- an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
- bit
- A contraction of binary digit, a bit is the smallest unit of information that a computer can hold Eight bits is equivalent to a byte The speed at which bits are transmitted or bit rate is usually expressed as bits per second or bps
- bit
- Past tense and a past participle of bite. in full binary digit In communication and information theory, a unit of information equivalent to the result of a choice between only two possible alternatives, such as 1 and 0 in the binary code generally used in digital computers. It is also applied to a unit of memory corresponding to the ability to store the result of a choice between two alternatives. A byte consists of a string of eight consecutive bits and makes up the basic information processing unit of a computer. Because a byte includes only an amount of information equivalent to one letter or one symbol (e.g., a comma), the processing and storage capacities of computer hardware are usually given in kilobytes (1,024 bytes), megabytes (1,048,576 bytes), and even gigabytes (about 1 billion bytes) and terabytes (1 trillion bytes)
- bit
- A small piece of something
- bit
- The smallest unit of information a computer can manipulate A bit is either 0 or 1 (See "binary" ) Eight bits combine to make one byte Abbreviated "b "
- bit
- In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat
- bit
- a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
- bit
- of Bite
- bit
- The smallest element of computerized data A full text page in English is about 16,000 bits (See also "Byte")
- bit
- (Binary DigIT) A single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero The smallest unit of computerized data Bandwidth is usually measured in bits-per-second
- bit
- The cutting iron of a plane
- bit
- A coin of a specified value
- bit
- An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents
- bit
- 3d sing
- bit
- BInary digiT The smallest unit of information in a computer, either on or off, represented in binary as either 1 or 0
- bit
- You can use bit to refer to a particular item or to one of a group or set of things. For example, a bit of information is an item of information. There was one bit of vital evidence which helped win the case Not one single bit of work has been started towards the repair of this road
- bit
- Binary digIT A single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero The smallest unit of computerized data Bandwidth is usually measured in bits-per-second
- bit
- (Binary DigIT) -- A single digit number in base-2; in other words, either a 1 or a zero The smallest unit of computerized data Bandwidth is usually measured in bits-per-second
- bit
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
- bit
- Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values
- bit
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers
- bit
- A binary digit; a zero or one The basic unit of storage and information transfer in a computer system
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