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verb
- bite off with a quick bite
- To bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
- (transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.
verb
- To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
- bite off very small pieces
- Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
- To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.
- bite gently
- To lightly bite, especially in a loving or playful manner.
- To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
- To make (a hole in something) through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.
- Followed by away at: to reduce or use up gradually; to eat.
- (road transport) Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels”).
- (cricket, informal) Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.
- Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.
- An amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.
- A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.
- gentle biting
- (figurative) A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.
- a small byte
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
verb
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To strike sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- strike sharply
- break a small piece off from
noun
- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The crest or top of a hill.
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
noun
- a large bite
- (countable, BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub.
- (uncountable, slang) Food.
- (countable, colloquial) A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place.
- (countable, colloquial) An act of eating.
- (New York drill music, slang, derogatory) Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex.
verb
adj
- having a sharp biting taste
- showing a brooding ill humor
- smelling of fermentation or staleness
- inaccurate in pitch
- one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
- in an unpalatable state
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
- Tasting of acidity.
- (of a person's character) Hostile or unfriendly.
- Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
- (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- Unfortunate or unfavorable.
noun
- a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- the property of being acidic
- (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- The sensation of a sour taste.
- A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
- The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
- A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
verb
- go sour or spoil
- make sour or more sour
- (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
- (intransitive) To become sour.
- (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- (transitive) To make sour.
- (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
- (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
adj
noun
noun
noun
- The act of biting.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- 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.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
- The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
- (uncountable, informal) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
- Level of chewiness.
- A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
- (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
- To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
noun
verb
adj
adj
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
noun
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
verb
adv
verb
noun
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
noun
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- A notch or opening.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
verb
adj
noun
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- (informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
- (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- Ellipsis of bit part.
- A portion of something.
- A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (historical) A unit of currency and coin of the British West Indies worth six black dogs, originally equal to one-eighth of a Spanish dollar but later increasingly debased to one tenth, one eleventh, one twelfth, etc.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.
- (historical) A unit of currency of the Dutch West Indies in the early 20th century, worth one fifth of a cent.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- Synonym of microbitcoin.
- (historical, US and Canada) A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a small fragment
- the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
- piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
- an instance of some kind
- a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
- the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- an indefinitely short time
verb
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
noun
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
adv
verb
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys
- (ambitransitive) Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.
- (ambitransitive) To make the sound of a turkey.
- To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
noun
- the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
- (Scotland, slang, vulgar) Fellatio; a blowjob.
- The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.
- (rare) An act of eating hastily or greedily.
- (golf) A rapid straight putt so strongly played that, if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past.
noun
- someone who bites
- (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
- (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
- Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
- (in combination, computing) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.
- (fiction) A zombie.
- (fishing) A fish that tends to take bait.
verb
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- (transitive) To speak; to utter.
- (sheep husbandry) To examine the teeth of.
- To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
- To form a mouth or opening in.
- (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- (ambitransitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- (transitive) To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of mouth the words; to speak insincerely.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- To carry in the mouth.
- express in speech
- articulate silently; form words with the lips only
- touch with the mouth
noun
- (anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
- (slang) A gossip.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
- the opening of a jar or bottle
- an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
- a person conceived as a consumer of food
- the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
verb
- To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
- bite off very small pieces
- Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
- To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.
- bite gently
- To lightly bite, especially in a loving or playful manner.
- To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
- To make (a hole in something) through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.
- Followed by away at: to reduce or use up gradually; to eat.
- (road transport) Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels”).
- (cricket, informal) Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.
- Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.
- An amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.
- A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.
- gentle biting
- (figurative) A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.
- a small byte
noun
- a large bite
- (countable, BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub.
- (uncountable, slang) Food.
- (countable, colloquial) A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place.
- (countable, colloquial) An act of eating.
- (New York drill music, slang, derogatory) Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex.
verb
noun
noun
- The act of biting.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- 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.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
- The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
- (uncountable, informal) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
- Level of chewiness.
- A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
- (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
- To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
noun
verb
noun
- someone who bites
- (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
- (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
- Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
- (in combination, computing) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.
- (fiction) A zombie.
- (fishing) A fish that tends to take bait.
verb
- bite off with a quick bite
- To bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
- (transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To acquire, especially in an abrupt or forceful manner.
verb
- To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
- bite off very small pieces
- Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
- To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.
- bite gently
- To lightly bite, especially in a loving or playful manner.
- To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
- To make (a hole in something) through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.
- Followed by away at: to reduce or use up gradually; to eat.
- (road transport) Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels”).
- (cricket, informal) Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.
- Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
noun
- An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.
- An amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.
- A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.
- gentle biting
- (figurative) A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.
- a small byte
verb
- give a small sharp bite to
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
noun
- a small sharp bite or snip
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
verb
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To strike sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- strike sharply
- break a small piece off from
noun
- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The crest or top of a hill.
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
verb
noun
noun
- biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
- The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
- (uncountable, informal) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
- Level of chewiness.
- A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
- (countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
- To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
verb
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
noun
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- A notch or opening.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
verb
adj
noun
- (in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
- (informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
- (slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
- The cutting iron of a plane.
- The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
- (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
- Ellipsis of bit part.
- A portion of something.
- A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
- (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- (historical) A unit of currency and coin of the British West Indies worth six black dogs, originally equal to one-eighth of a Spanish dollar but later increasingly debased to one tenth, one eleventh, one twelfth, etc.
- (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.
- (historical) A unit of currency of the Dutch West Indies in the early 20th century, worth one fifth of a cent.
- Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
- Synonym of microbitcoin.
- (historical, US and Canada) A unit of currency worth one eighth of a dollar, originally of a Spanish dollar but later also US or Canadian; also, a coin with this value, in particular the silver Spanish real.
- (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
- A small amount of something.
- (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
- (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a small fragment
- the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press
- piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding
- an instance of some kind
- a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
- the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
- an indefinitely short time
verb
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
noun
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
adv
verb
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys
- (ambitransitive) Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.
- (ambitransitive) To make the sound of a turkey.
- To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
noun
- the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
- (Scotland, slang, vulgar) Fellatio; a blowjob.
- The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.
- (rare) An act of eating hastily or greedily.
- (golf) A rapid straight putt so strongly played that, if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past.
verb
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- (transitive) To speak; to utter.
- (sheep husbandry) To examine the teeth of.
- To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
- To form a mouth or opening in.
- (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- (ambitransitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- (transitive) To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of mouth the words; to speak insincerely.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- To carry in the mouth.
- express in speech
- articulate silently; form words with the lips only
- touch with the mouth
noun
- (anatomy) The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
- (slang) A gossip.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
- the opening of a jar or bottle
- an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
- a person conceived as a consumer of food
- the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
adj
- having a sharp biting taste
- showing a brooding ill humor
- smelling of fermentation or staleness
- inaccurate in pitch
- one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
- in an unpalatable state
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
- Tasting of acidity.
- (of a person's character) Hostile or unfriendly.
- Containing excess sulfur. (of petroleum)
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)
- (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- Unfortunate or unfavorable.
noun
- a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
- the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
- the property of being acidic
- (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
- A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
- The sensation of a sour taste.
- A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
- The acidic solution used in souring fabric.
- A sweet/candy having a sharply sour taste.
verb
- go sour or spoil
- make sour or more sour
- (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
- (intransitive) To become sour.
- (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- (transitive) To make sour.
- (transitive) To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
- (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
adj
noun
adj
adj
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
noun
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.