Etymology From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand.
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A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips.
"You two have been brought closer together by that cow bite, I see." "You said cow bite before, I guess you mean 'goose.' Do you?" Sissy asked.1975, Norman Keifetz, The Sensation, page 178:
She pulled at the pants, inflicting some painful cow bites on Carl's legs.2012, J. W. Stockton, Fardnock's Revenge, →ISBN, page 81:
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He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite.2013, Austin Clark, Shadows and Mockery: A Ghost Story, →ISBN, page 114:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cow, bite.
cow bite
verb
Etymology From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand.
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To administer a cow bite.
You can use the grip to cow bite (grip, squeeze and twist) the tenderflesh on the inside of the upper arm.2009, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, No Second Chance: A Reality-Based Guide to Self-Defense, →ISBN, page 130: