biting

See also: bìtíng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ

Verb

biting

1. present participle and gerund of bite

Noun

biting (plural bitings)

1. An instance of something being bitten.
2. (Kenya) A bite-sized snack.
   • 1997, Women in Kenya, page 20:

     Here the guests were lavishly entertained with drinks and bitings even before sitting down to dinner.

   • 2006, Kenya, page 116:

     More of a cafeteria than a purebreed coffeehouse, the neat little 21 does both full meals and snacks or 'bitings'.

Derived terms

• cockbiting
• nail biting, nailbiting

Translations

instance of biting

• Bulgarian: хапане (bg) n (hapane), ухапване (bg) n (uhapvane)
• Finnish: pureminen (fi)

An occurrence of a bite

• Arabic: عَضَّة f (ʕaḍḍa)
• Bulgarian: , ухапване (bg) (uhapvane)
• Finnish: pureminen (fi)

Adjective

biting (comparative more biting, superlative most biting)

1. Causing a stinging sensation.

   a biting wind

2. Cutting or incisive.

   a biting criticism

3. Tending to bite.

   a biting insect

Derived terms

• bitingly
• bitingness
• nail-biting, nailbiting
• nonbiting

Translations

causing a stinging sensation

• Arabic: قَارِس (qāris)
• Bulgarian: лют (bg) (ljut), щипещ (bg) (štipešt), остър (bg) (ostǎr)
• Finnish: pureva (fi)
• French: mordant (fr)
• German: beißend (de)
• Latin: mordax
• Maori: kōtaratara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bitende (no)

• Romanian: pișcător (ro) m or n, tăios (ro) m or n
• Swedish: bitande (sv)

cutting or incisive

• Arabic: لَاذِع (lāḏiʕ), جَارِح (jāriḥ)
• Bulgarian: остър (bg) (ostǎr)
• Esperanto: acerba (eo)
• Finnish: pureva (fi)
• French: mordant (fr)
• German: bissig (de), beißend (de)
• Latin: mordax
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bitende (no)

• Scottish Gaelic: sgaiteach
• Swedish: bitande (sv)

tending to bite

• Arabic: عَقُور m (ʕaqūr), لَاسِع (lāsiʕ)
• Bulgarian: хаплив (bg) (hapliv)
• Finnish: pureva (fi)
• French: mordant (fr)
• German: bissig (de), beißend (de); stechend (de) (piercing insects)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bitende (no)

• Swedish: bitande (sv), bitsk (sv)

Danish

Etymology

From bi- (“by-”) +‎ ting (“thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bitenɡ/, [ˈb̥itˢeŋˀ]
• Rhymes: -eŋˀ

Noun

biting c (singular definite bitingen, plural indefinite biting)

1. a matter of secondary importance

Usage notes

Almost always used in the indefinite form.

Inflection

Declension of biting

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	biting	bitingen	biting	bitingene
genitive	bitings	bitingens	bitings	bitingenes

Synonyms

• bagatel