'Biting' definitions:
Definition of 'biting'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious]
adjective
Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn: biting, bitter]
Definition of 'Biting'
From: GCIDE
- Biting \Bit"ing\, a. That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. "A biting affliction." "A biting jest." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Biting'
From: GCIDE
- Bite \Bite\ (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. Bit (b[i^]t); p. p. Bitten (b[i^]t"t'n), Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] [OE. biten, AS. b[imac]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[imac]tan, OHG. b[imac]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[imac]ta, Sw. bita, Dan. bide, L. findere to cleave, Skr. bhid to cleave. [root]87. Cf. Fissure.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man. [1913 Webster]
- Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth. "Frosts do bite the meads." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground. [1913 Webster]
- The last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned and turned with nothing to bite. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- To bite the dust, To bite the ground, to fall in the agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
- To bite in (Etching), to corrode or eat into metallic plates by means of an acid.
- To bite the thumb at (any one), formerly a mark of contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you bite your thumb at us?" --Shak.
- To bite the tongue, to keep silence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'biting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acerb,
- acerbate,
- acerbic,
- acid,
- acidic,
- acidulent,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- acute,
- afflictive,
- agonizing,
- algid,
- arctic,
- asperous,
- astringent,
- atrocious,
- Attic,
- below zero,
- bitter,
- bitterly cold,
- bleak,
- boreal,
- brilliant,
- brisk,
- brumal,
- caustic,
- clear-cut,
- clever,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- cramping,
- crisp,
- cruel,
- cutting,
- distressing,
- double-edged,
- driving,
- droll,
- edged,
- effective,
- escharotic,
- excruciating,
- facetious,
- fierce,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- freezing,
- freezing cold,
- frigid,
- funny,
- gelid,
- glacial,
- gnawing,
- grave,
- griping,
- gutsy,
- hard,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- hibernal,
- hiemal,
- humorous,
- humorsome,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- hyperborean,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy,
- imperative,
- impressive,
- incisive,
- inclement,
- ingoing,
- irritating,
- jesting,
- jocose,
- jocular,
- joking,
- joky,
- joshing,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- nervous,
- nimble-witted,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- nose-tickling,
- numbing,
- painful,
- paroxysmal,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- pinching,
- piquant,
- poignant,
- pointed,
- powerful,
- punchy,
- pungent,
- quick-witted,
- racking,
- rapier-like,
- raw,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- salt,
- salty,
- scathing,
- scintillating,
- scorching,
- sensational,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shooting,
- Siberian,
- sinewed,
- sinewy,
- slashing,
- sleety,
- slushy,
- smart,
- snappy,
- sour,
- sparkling,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- sprightly,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- stone-cold,
- strident,
- striking,
- stringent,
- strong,
- subzero,
- supercooled,
- tart,
- telling,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- trenchant,
- vehement,
- vigorous,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vital,
- vitriolic,
- whimsical,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry,
- withering,
- witty
Words containing 'Biting'
- Bite,
- Biting in,
- Bitingly,
- To bite in,
- bite off,
- bite out,
- To bite the dust,
- To bite the ground,
- To bite the thumb at,
- To bite the tongue,
- bite plate,
- bite the bullet,
- bite the dust,
- biting louse,
- biting midge,
- dog bite,
- flea bite,
- insect bite,
- love bite,
- mosquito bite,
- sound bite,
- Crib-biting,
- Flea-bite,
- biting house fly,
- nail-biting