Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bite one's thumb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: bite one's thumb
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To express defiance by putting one's thumbnail into one's mouth and knocking it against the teeth.

Inflected Forms

bites one's thumb (present, singular) biting one's thumb (participle, present) bit one's thumb (past) bitten one's thumb (participle, past)

Questions

What does bite one's thumb mean?: To express defiance by putting one's thumbnail into one's mouth and knocking it against the teeth.

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