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bite

[bahyt] / baɪt /
NOUN
injury from biting or stinging
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NOUN
mouthful of food
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STRONGEST


NOUN
pungency; stinging sensation
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STRONG
WEAK
tastelessness
NOUN
allotment
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STRONG




VERB
take a chance
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Rattlesnake bites are treatable and to have the best outcome for a bite victim, Vohra said, that person must be given antivenom as soon as possible.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Instead he said he would grab a bite to eat in the players' restaurant before "packing up my locker just for efficiency's sake".

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The fervor goes beyond the historic rivalry between Pele's Brazil and Diego Maradona's Argentina: Mexico, Colombia, Chile and others are all hoping Lionel Messi's Albiceleste bite the dust on Sunday.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

The animals use these hard mouthparts to bite, crush, and consume their food.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

And I hoped a swarm of pixies would bite his bony stubborn rump!

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Rattlesnake bites are treatable and to have the best outcome for a bite victim, Vohra said, that person must be given antivenom as soon as possible.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

After two tick bites 50% of people will develop antibodies to alpha-gal, a sugar molecule found in the tick's saliva, van Nunen explains.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Sometimes, it’s the little bites that make the biggest impression when entertaining.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

After reviewing the history and spread of the myth, researchers concluded that bites from adult rattlesnakes are generally more dangerous because adults carry and inject much larger amounts of venom.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

He polished one off in two bites, and then sat up a little further, glad that the dizzy spell was already ebbing.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Chris said the free period product scheme was a "bit of initiative from the government" but believed tax "shouldn't be added".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

It's the start of the summer holidays and you've already had five battles with your child to get them to eat a bit of broccoli.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

When asked whether he was able to recognize any facial features, Byers said: "No, there was a quite a bit of decomposition to where skin slippage...made it unrecognizable."

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

It also offers a bit of blockbuster fan service unavailable to Homer: Spider-Man and Jason Bourne fighting bad guys side by side.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

He liked playing tag with a bit of hare-skin, and when the cub pounced on him he rolled on the ground, making odd yip-and-yowls which the cub guessed was his way of laughing.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

"The skull shows no signs of healing around the tyrannosaur tooth, so it may have already been dead when it was bitten, or it may be dead because it was bitten."

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

"The Tiger can still bite you harder than he has bitten you at the ballot box," he said in reference to the feline nickname he gave himself.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

But despite the clips inundating your Instagram feed, your chance of getting bitten is still small—less than one in four million, said Gavin Naylor, director of the University of Florida’s shark-research program.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

William Gude, better known online under the handle “Film The Police L.A.,” claimed Perry’s dog had bitten him in the past.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

When it was finished, Mal smiled as she took it from him, and thanked him, but she had bitten her lip so hard there was blood.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Bolstered by Finch’s ferocious basslines, hit single “Pretend We’re Dead” received significant airplay on alternative rock stations and became the group’s signature song, along with the biting anti-war anthem “Wargasm.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Speaking on the BBC's Politics London programme, Labour MP for Peckham Miatta Fahnbulleh described Pecan as an "amazing charity" and agreed that "the cost of living is biting".

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

At a May 28 rally in Missoula with Ocasio-Cortez, Forstag took the stage to “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, and his words made good on the song’s biting lyrics about the haves and have-nots.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

The ant reacts aggressively, biting the cone and accidentally detaching it from the anchor point.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

His teddy bear wasn't good biting, because it was too soft; but there was a hard plastic pretzel that he chewed on quite a bit.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry




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