Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bite the curb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: bite the curb
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be curb stomped.

Slang

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bite, the, curb.

Example Sentences

"Watch out those crazy skinheads! They made someone bite the curb the other night."
"Having someone bite the curb and kicking him in the back of the head is a painful way to kill someone. Often, as in the movie American History X, it is used as punishment for insubordinate blacks."
"If the horse be in the bad habit of taking the arms of the curb-bit between his teeth (bite the curb), a small strap (lip-strap) may be placed between the arms and through the extra ring on the curb-chain."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

bites the curb (present, singular) biting the curb (participle, present) bit the curb (past) bitten the curb (participle, past)

Questions

What does bite the curb mean?: To be curb stomped.

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