Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bite to pieces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
bite up,bite to pieces.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English forbiten ("to bite up"), equivalent to for- + bite. Cognate with West Frisian forbite ("to forbite"), Dutch verbijten ("to forbite"), Low German verbīten ("to forbite"), German verbeissen ("to forbite"). More at for-, bite.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word forbite.
Examples
-
Fri 09/25/09 3: 08 AM hey God forbite is not cool to treat some body bad. plse just imagine its/was u. how would u feel. dem.
'The Vampire Diaries' recap: Friday Night Bites | EW.com 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.