biting
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bit·ing
(bī′tĭng)adj.
1. Causing a stinging sensation; nipping: biting cold.
2. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings; caustic: "Biting remarks revealed her attitude of contempt" (D.H. Lawrence).
3. Of or relating to an animal or animals, especially an insect, capable of biting.
bit′ing·ly adv.
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biting
(ˈbaɪtɪŋ)adj
1. piercing; keen: a biting wind.
2. sarcastic; incisive: a biting comment.
ˈbitingly adv
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bit•ing
(ˈbaɪ tɪŋ)adj.
1. nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold.
2. cutting; sarcastic: a biting remark.
[1250–1300]
bit′ing•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | biting - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
2. | biting - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" |
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biting
adjective
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biting
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Translations
قارِس، شَديدلاذِع، جارِح
jedovatýostrýštiplavý
bidende
bítandi, nístandimeinlegur, særandi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
biting
[ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj [wind, cold] → mordant(e); [sarcasm, criticism] → mordant(e)bit-map bitmap [ˈbɪtmæp] (COMPUTING) modif [graphics] → par points
vt → pixeliser, pixelliserbit part n (in play, film) → petit rôle m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
biting
adj → beißend; cold, wind also → schneidend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
biting
[ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj (cold, wind) → pungente; (criticism, sarcasm) → pungente, mordace; (remark) → caustico/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bite
(bait) – past tense bit (bit) : past participle bitten (ˈbitn) – verb to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws. The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.
noun1. an act of biting or the piece or place bitten. a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.
2. the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line. I've been fishing for hours without a bite.
ˈbiting adjective1. very cold and causing discomfort. a biting wind.
2. wounding or hurtful. a biting remark.
bite the dust to fail; to be unsuccessful. That's another scheme that's bitten the dust.
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biting
a. penetrante, picante.
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