ankle biter

noun

1. slang,  a child

Example Sentences

Orange County expects to release its “ankle biter fighters,” as Brannon called them, in Mission Viejo this fall or next spring.

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The aerospace titans initially see him as a nuisance, an “ankle biter,” but he persists and eventually wins multibillion-dollar contracts to ship supplies to the International Space Station.

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But SpaceX was derided as an “ankle biter” by its competitors, and the lawsuit went nowhere.

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Not when Cimber called her an “ankle biter.”

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He’s an ankle biter and a tackler.

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