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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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Her new book, Keep Your Hair On: Understanding Urges to Pick, Pull and Bite, is based on her personal experience and years of research into body-focused repetitive behaviours.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In a brief phone interview, a worker at Unique Bite Eatery in Indio appeared nonplussed and said there was no damage at the restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

We’ve talked before here at The Bite about the quiet erosion of ambient hospitality — those small, unfussy gestures that make people feel welcomed without any performative flourish.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

Appeared in the October 13, 2025, print edition as 'Shutdown Is Finally Starting to Bite'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

It’s my fault if ten thousand fleas Bite us when we sleep.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz




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