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  • adjective informal inclined to bite.

Etymologies

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bite +‎ -y

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Examples

  • "i call the big one bitey" is a nice homage to a long ago time when The Simpsons was still consistently funny, but "antmusic" would be cooler. "dirk wears white socks" would be even better, but "kings of the final frontier" would probably be the most obscure and rewarding (the ant habitat was originally designed by NASA, and I'll let you figure the rest out on your own.)

    In Exile 2006

  • "i call the big one bitey" is a nice homage to a long ago time when The Simpsons was still consistently funny, but "antmusic" would be cooler. "dirk wears white socks" would be even better, but "kings of the final frontier" would probably be the most obscure and rewarding (the ant habitat was originally designed by NASA, and I'll let you figure the rest out on your own.)

    In Exile: 50 posts from March 2006 2006

  • "i call the big one bitey" is a nice homage to a long ago time when The Simpsons was still consistently funny, but "antmusic" would be cooler. "dirk wears white socks" would be even better, but "kings of the final frontier" would probably be the most obscure and rewarding (the ant habitat was originally designed by NASA, and I'll let you figure the rest out on your own.)

    In Exile 2006

  • He described it as "bitey"; whenever anything touched his tongue -- even water -- he complained of an acid-like, vinegary taste.

    Clinical Case: Taste Disturbance, Otitis Externa and Other Symptoms (Part 1) 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • He described it as "bitey"; whenever anything touched his tongue -- even water -- he complained of an acid-like, vinegary taste.

    Archive 2008-08-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • GROUNDHOG DAY by Michelle Aki Becker (Children's Press) is a slim but handy volume for looking at actual photographs of the icky critters (sorry, I'm not really an animal person, they look a little "bitey" to me).

    The PlanetEsme Plan: The Best New Children's Books from Esme's Shelf 2010

  • "It would be an interesting little thing to steal a ferret because they are so bouncy and kind of bitey, I kind of feel bad for the person that put it down their pants leg," pet store owner Stephen Brezil said.

    WSOCTV.com - Local News 2009

  • "The way I describe it is, imagine you have a guitar with two humbuckers and a three-way, and you have a guitar with two single coils and a three-way, which gives you that really cool, 'bitey' sound,"

    Gearwire - 2009

  • We used cherries that were quite firm, but not unripe, and they were pleasantly "bitey", if that's a word ( "crunchy" would be taking it too far), even after their sousing in spirits and sugar.

    Crash Test Kitchen 2008

  • I sound like a whole spice box, and nothing but the 'bitey' spices at that. "

    Under the Country Sky Frances [Illustrator] Rogers 1912

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  • Chanterelle: We welcome anyone who's interested in the Lonely Ones.

    Willow: The lonely ones?

    Angel: Vampires.

    Xander: Oh, we usually call them the nasty, pointy, bitey ones. - Lie To Me

    September 2, 2007