Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bite the big one

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: bite the big one
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die.

Slang

verb

To break down; to be impossible to repair or not worth repairing.

Slang

verb

To perform poorly; to fail.

verb

To be unpleasant or undesirable.

Slang

verb

To perform fellatio.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Fly, be free! Well, I guess we'll have to have a quick burial at sea then. I'll notify your next of kin. Your brother bit the big one."
""I thought all of dad's relatives bit the big one a long time ago.""
"Whatever air-conditioning system the car had once possessed had bitten the big one years ago; ..."
"Empire of the Sun was an enormous literary and commercial success in Britain but pretty much bit the Big One on its own in the United States."
"To Verdi, it bit the big one, but that was the way it worked."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

bite the dust buy the farm buy the big one kick the bucket assume room temperature auger in be called home be gathered to one's fathers be like the the One be no more be with Jesus be with the Lord

Questions

What does bite the big one mean?: To die.

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