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Definition of bitte

"bitte" is probably misspelled. Trying bite instead Definition of bite

1. bite [ v ] to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
Examples: "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"

Used in print:

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

If he bites a playmate she says , `` Danny won't like you '' .

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

His unsuccessful strivings to give_up drink are represented as religious strivings ; he keeps a bottle in a wardrobe at home , and `` before this wardrobe Praisegod_Piepsam had before now gone literally on his knees , and in his wrestlings had bitten his tongue - and still in_the_end capitulated '' .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

`` While Henry_Morgan was escorting Miss_Vera_Green from the church social last Saturday night , a savage dog attacked them and bit Mr._Morgan on the public_square '' .

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

She was biting into a small red radish ; and that action always caused her to lift her lip from the sting of the thing .

She would try to see over the bulge of her cheeks and somewhat under her teeth to the place where she was biting .

Synonyms bite seize_with_teeth Related Terms grip gnaw snap_at nip nibble nibble snap_at

2. bite [ v ] cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort
Examples: "The sun burned his face"

Synonyms burn bite sting Related Terms ache nettle urticate burn stinger stinger

3. bite [ n ] a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
Examples: "all they had left was a bit of bread"

Used in print:

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

She took another bite of toast .

Synonyms morsel bite bit Related Terms taste sops crumb chew

4. bite [ v ] penetrate or cut, as with a knife
Examples: "The fork bit into the surface"

Used in print:

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

Curt twisted to one side , and the tines of the fork bit into the floor .

Synonyms bite Related Terms pierce

5. bite [ n ] a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

Used in print:

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

He found tepid water in a pitcher and a last bit of soap , and he lathered his face and stood stropping the razor on his broad leather belt , its buckle held firm by a knob of the bedpost .

Synonyms bite Related Terms wound snakebite dog_bite

6. bite [ v ] of insects, scorpions, or other animals
Examples: "A bee stung my arm yesterday."

Synonyms sting prick bite Related Terms pierce sting

7. bite [ n ] a portion removed from the whole
Examples: "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"

Synonyms bite Related Terms subtraction cant

8. bite [ n ] a sharp bitter taste property

Synonyms bite sharpness pungency Related Terms spiciness

9. bite [ n ] a painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin

Synonyms bite insect_bite sting Related Terms injury bee_sting flea_bite mosquito_bite sting

10. bite [ n ] (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
Examples: "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"

Synonyms bite Related Terms success fishing

11. bite [ n ] a strong odor or taste property
Examples: "the pungency of mustard" "the sulfurous bite of garlic" "the sharpness of strange spices"

Synonyms sharpness bite pungency Related Terms bitter spiciness

12. bite [ n ] wit having a sharp and caustic quality
Examples: "he commented with typical pungency" "the bite of satire"

Synonyms pungency bite Related Terms wit

13. bite [ n ] a light informal meal

Synonyms snack collation nosh bite Related Terms meal coffee_break refreshment nosh nosh

14. bite [ n ] the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

Synonyms chomp bite Related Terms eating nibble nip munch chomp

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