bitten

verb

1. 1

   To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

   “As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.”

2. 2

   To hold something by clamping one's teeth.

3. 3

   To attack with the teeth.

   “That dog is about to bite!”

4. 4

   To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

   “If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.”

5. 5

   To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

   “I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.”

6. 6

   To have significant effect, often negative.

   “For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.”

7. 7

   (of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

   “Are the fish biting today?”

8. 8

   To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

   “I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?”

9. 9

   (of an insect) To sting.

   “These mosquitoes are really biting today!”

10. 10

    To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

    “It bites like pepper or mustard.”

11. 11

    (sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

    “Pepper bites the mouth.”

12. 12

    To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.

13. 13

    To take or keep a firm hold.

    “The anchor bites.”

14. 14

    To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

    “The anchor bites the ground.”

15. 15

    To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

    “This music really bites.”

16. 16

    To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.

    “You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.”

17. 17

    To plagiarize, to imitate.

    “He always be biting my moves.”

18. 18

    To deceive or defraud; to take in.