- 3. Bridle-bit, mouth-piece.
- 4. Boring-tool, borer.
- 5. Coin (of small value), piece.
Bit, v. a. Bridle, get the bits on.
Bitch, n. Slut, female dog.
Bite, v. a.
- 1. Gnaw, chew, champ.
- 2. Pierce with the teeth, tear, rend, nip.
- 3. Sting, burn, cause to smart, make smart, make tingle.
- 4. Grip, grasp, catch, grapple, clutch, cling to, catch hold of, take firm hold of.
- 5. Blast, nip (as frost), blight.
- 6. Defraud, deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, impose
upon, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon.
Bite, v. n. See 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 under preceding.
Biter, n.
- 1. Render, seizer, tearer, taker.
- 2. Cheat, cheater, misleader, beguiler, cozener, trickster, jockey, knave.
Biting,
- 1. Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, pep pery, burning, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.
- 2. Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic.
- 3. Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing, blasting, blighting.