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• v  to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
• v  cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• v  penetrate or cut, as with a knife
• v  deliver a sting to
• s  capable of wounding
  a biting aphorism
• s  causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
  a biting wind

• As he works, Meyer repeats under his breath, over and over, "No biting, no biting, no biting.
• After several failed attempts to jolt Phoenix out of his stupor, Letterman finally resorted to biting sarcasm: "What can you tell us about your days with the Unabomber?".
• Who knew that Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the inspiration for Orson Well's biting film Citizen Kane, would herself become the .

• bite
• seize with teeth
• sting
• burn
• prick
• barbed
• nipping
• pungent
• mordacious
• bitter

News & Articles

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• Motion to lower bond in toe-biting case denied
  A judge has denied the motion to lower the bond of a man accused of biting an ex-girlfriend’s toes.
  June 20, 2013 - KOAT Albuquerque
• Man takes plea for biting officers
  A man arrested after biting two police officers at a youth football game plead guilty to criminal trespass Wednesday. Dejuan Wells was scheduled to stand trial Thursday, but went into court a... Read more at www.WISHTV.com
  June 19, 2013 - WISH-TV Indianapolis
• Woman accused of biting, throwing knives at boyfriend
  A fight between a suburban Palm Beach Gardens couple ended with a woman being arrested Monday for allegedly biting her boyfriend and throwing knives at him, authorities said.
  June 19, 2013 - The Palm Beach Post

Quotes

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• Jim Calhoun in Washington Post
  It was very difficult,Calhoun said. "I think I still have a couple of (marks) from biting my tongue."
• Joey Porter in The Orange and Brown Report
  If you talk and lose, you're still losers,Porter said. "They talk like a different team, but in reality they are not. They had all the breaks, all the bounces. But when it was nail-biting time and you've got to make plays, who made them?"
• Chipper Jones in International Herald Tribune
  If he was going to get it, I'm glad that it came on behalf of me,Jones said with a smile. "Bobby had kind of been biting his tongue lately. He was embarrassed by the record. But it was inevitable. He's too passionate about the game."