adjective
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piercing; keen
a biting wind
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sarcastic; incisive
a biting comment
Other Word Forms
- bitingly adverb
- bitingness noun
- nonbiting adjective
- unbiting adjective
Etymology
Origin of biting
First recorded in 1250–1300, biting is from the Middle English word bitynge. See bite, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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On a freezing evening with a biting wind whipping off the North Sea, City made heavy weather of their attempt to close the gap on Arsenal.
From Barron's
An early TV commercial for Apple Daily featured the then 48-year-old Lai biting the forbidden fruit while dozens of arrows took aim at him.
From BBC
“Tariffs are now biting, so exports will slow,” Moody’s Analytics said in a note.
To that, Minister Wells counters: "We can police the sharks" – a biting reference to social media firms.
From BBC
At first, the acting student thought the lesion was just a result of biting her tongue during an epileptic seizure, but doctors decided to biopsy the area and found stage two squamous cell carcinoma.
From BBC
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