"cow bite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cow bites [plural]
Etymology: From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cow bite (plural cow bites)
  1. A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips.
    Sense id: en-cow_bite-en-noun-JBDBfJaG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 8 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cow, bite.
    Sense id: en-cow_bite-en-noun-Px-HuA9I

Verb

Forms: cow bites [present, singular, third-person], cow biting [participle, present], cow bit [past], cow bitten [participle, past]
Etymology: From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand. Head templates: {{en-verb|cow bite<,,bit,bitten>}} cow bite (third-person singular simple present cow bites, present participle cow biting, simple past cow bit, past participle cow bitten)
  1. To administer a cow bite.
    Sense id: en-cow_bite-en-verb-tn7b3~2r

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cow bite meaning in English (2.5kB)

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        {
          "ref": "1975, Norman Keifetz, The Sensation, page 178",
          "text": "\"You two have been brought closer together by that cow bite, I see.\" \"You said cow bite before, I guess you mean 'goose.' Do you?\" Sissy asked.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, J. W. Stockton, Fardnock's Revenge, page 81",
          "text": "She pulled at the pants, inflicting some painful cow bites on Carl's legs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Austin Clark, Shadows and Mockery: A Ghost Story, page 114",
          "text": "He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite.",
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        }
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          "ref": "2009, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, No Second Chance: A Reality-Based Guide to Self-Defense, page 130",
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          "text": "She pulled at the pants, inflicting some painful cow bites on Carl's legs.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Austin Clark, Shadows and Mockery: A Ghost Story, page 114",
          "text": "He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite.",
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