Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

love bite

/ˈlʌv baɪt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: love bite
IPA: /ˈlʌv baɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bruise on the skin caused by someone sucking or biting it, usually with sexual intent.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Then the turtle-billing kisses, and the poignant painless love bites, which they both exchang'd in a rage of delight, all conspiring towards the melting period"
"And when my teeth the poignant love-bite try, / Thine should return the painless poignancy."
"[…] with first a scarlet slash of tongue to cheek, he seized her hand between his teeth and dented the soft skin with a love bite that did not hurt."
"‘Gee! You ever notice the bloody big love bites on some of those sheilas that work in the Store?’"
"Easy girls and late nights / Cigarettes and love bites / Why do you have to be so cruel?"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlʌv baɪt/
British English: /ˈlʌv baɪt/

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

love bites (plural) lovebite (alternative) love-bite (alternative)

Synonyms

hickey monkey bite

Questions

How do you pronounce love bite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlʌv baɪt/.
What does love bite mean?: A bruise on the skin caused by someone sucking or biting it, usually with sexual intent.

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