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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
  • A small meal or snack.
  • slang An act of plagiarism.
  • slang Something unpleasant.
  • The act of biting.
  • The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
  • The wound left behind after having been bitten.

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Verb:

  • transitive To hold something by clamping one?s teeth.
  • intransitive|of a fish To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
  • intransitive|of an insect To sting.
  • intransitive|slang To lack quality; to be worthy of derision.
  • intransitive|slang To plagiarize.
  • intransitive To attack with the teeth.
  • intransitive To fall for a deception.
  • intransitive To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
  • transitive To cut off a piece by clamping the teeth.

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