biting
adj1
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, biting stonecrop, nail-biting, nailbiting, nonbiting
biting
noun/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
1
An instance of something being bitten.
2
Kenya A bite-sized snack.
- Here the guests were lavishly entertained with drinks and bitings even before sitting down to dinner.1997, Women in Kenya, page 20:
- More of a cafeteria than a purebreed coffeehouse, the neat little 21 does both full meals and snacks or 'bitings'.2006, Kenya, page 116:
- Derived terms
- cockbiting, nail biting, nailbiting