bitey
nounEtymology From bite + -y (suffix forming nouns).
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Australia An animal that bites or stings.
bitey
adjUS [ˈbaɪ̯ɾi] · /ˈbaɪti/
Etymology From bite + -y (suffix forming adjectives). Compare West Frisian bitsich (“snappy”), Saterland Frisian bieterg (“snappish”), German Low German bittsig (“snappy”), German bissig (“snappy, snappish”).
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Informal Inclined to bite.
- So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick.2005, Tom Widdicombe, Be with Your Horse: Getting to the Heart of Horsemanship:
- It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.2006, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time:
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Having a sharp or spicy flavor.
- Derived terms
- biteyness, bitey thing