Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biting

/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: bit-ing
IPA: /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bite

noun

An instance of something being bitten.

noun

A bite-sized snack.

adj

Causing a stinging sensation.

adj

Cutting or incisive.

adj

Tending to bite.

Example Sentences

"Here the guests were lavishly entertained with drinks and bitings even before sitting down to dinner."
"More of a cafeteria than a purebreed coffeehouse, the neat little 21 does both full meals and snacks or 'bitings'."
"a biting wind"
"a biting criticism"
"a biting insect"

Inflected Forms

bitings (plural) more biting (comparative) most biting (superlative)

Derived Forms

cockbiting nailbiting bitingly bitingness nonbiting

Phrases

nail biting biting stonecrop nail-biting

Synonyms

keen bitter barbed nipping pungent mordacious

Rhymes With

writing fighting exciting lighting citing inviting uniting sighting inciting rewriting underwriting reciting

Questions

How do you pronounce biting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/.
What does biting mean?: present participle and gerund of bite

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