Phrase Hound found 100 phrases and 58 compound words that contain bite. The most common are listed below. Open bite in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 100
- bite the dustTo die.
- bite the bulletTo accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.
- take a biteTo eat a quick, light snack.
- bite the curbTo be curb stomped.
- sound biteAn extract from a speech or interview used as edited into a news or other broadcast; an interview clip, especially seen as particularly expressive or pithy.
- tick biteA bite from a tick that can pass various illnesses to the bitten host.
- mosquito biteA small breast of a woman.
- love biteA bruise on the skin caused by someone sucking or biting it, usually with sexual intent.
- having a bitepresent participle and gerund of have a bite
- taken a bitepast participle of take a bite: To eat a quick, light snack.
- takes a bitethird-person singular simple present indicative of take a bite: To eat a quick, light snack.
- taking a bitepresent participle and gerund of take a bite
- took a bitesimple past of take a bite
- barking dogs seldom bitePeople who make threats rarely carry them out.
- bite downTo bite (something) very hard and usually for a purpose (like to hold it in one's mouth).
- shark biteHaving a hemline that curves inward in a deep, symmetrical vee.
- bite backTo retaliate; to give a sharp retort.
- bite cellAn abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.
- all bark and no biteFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
- bite offTo bite so hard as to remove something from its source.
- bite the hand that feeds oneTo cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging).
- open biteA configuration of a mouth wherein the front top teeth are separated vertically from the front bottom teeth even while the back top teeth are resting directly upon the back bottom teeth.
- bite to eatA snack or quick meal.
- bite off more than one can chewTo try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.
- bite the big oneTo die.
Compound words 58
- bitterHaving an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
- beetleAny of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- frostbiteAn injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
- biterAgent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
- backbiteTo make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- biteyInclined to bite.
- bitefulThe amount eaten in a single bite.
- frankenbiteAlternative form of Frankenbite.
- bitesomeCharacterised or marked by biting
- bitemarkThe mark left by a bite, of a human or animal.