"biting" meaning in English

See biting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ Forms: more biting [comparative], most biting [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} biting (comparative more biting, superlative most biting)
  1. Causing a stinging sensation. Translations (causing a stinging sensation): قَارِس (qāris) (Arabic), лют (ljut) (Bulgarian), щипещ (štipešt) (Bulgarian), остър (ostǎr) (Bulgarian), pureva (Finnish), mordant (French), beißend (German), mordax (Latin), kōtaratara (Maori), bitende (Norwegian Bokmål), pișcător [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), tăios [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), bitande (Swedish)
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  2. Cutting or incisive. Translations (cutting or incisive): لَاذِع (lāḏiʕ) (Arabic), جَارِح (jāriḥ) (Arabic), остър (ostǎr) (Bulgarian), acerba (Esperanto), pureva (Finnish), mordant (French), bissig (German), beißend (German), mordax (Latin), bitende (Norwegian Bokmål), sgaiteach (Scottish Gaelic), bitande (Swedish)
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  3. Tending to bite. Translations (tending to bite): عَقُور (ʕaqūr) [masculine] (Arabic), لَاسِع (lāsiʕ) (Arabic), хаплив (hapliv) (Bulgarian), pureva (Finnish), mordant (French), bissig (German), beißend (German), stechend (english: piercing insects) (German), bitende (Norwegian Bokmål), bitande (Swedish), bitsk (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nailbiting, bitingly, bitingness, nail-biting, nonbiting

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ Forms: bitings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} biting (plural bitings)
  1. An instance of something being bitten. Translations (An occurrence of a bite): عَضَّة (ʕaḍḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), ухапване (uhapvane) (Bulgarian), pureminen (Finnish) Translations (instance of biting): хапане (hapane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ухапване (uhapvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pureminen (Finnish)
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  2. (Kenya) A bite-sized snack. Tags: Kenya
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cockbiting, nail biting, nailbiting

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} biting
  1. present participle and gerund of bite Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bite
    Sense id: en-biting-en-verb-r3672eFC

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "ʕaqūr",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَقُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lāsiʕ",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "لَاسِع"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hapliv",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "хаплив"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "pureva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "mordant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "bissig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "beißend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "piercing insects",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "stechend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "bitende"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "bitande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tending to bite",
      "word": "bitsk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biting"
}

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