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ankle-biters

ankle-biters is the plural of ankle-biter.

Meaning of ankle-biter

Noun

ankle-biter (plural ankle-biters)

  1. (slang) A small child.
  2. (slang) A small dog, especially a poorly-behaved one.
  3. (slang) A relatively minor, irritating problem or task.

Questions about ankle-biters

What is ankle-biters the plural of?
Ankle-biters is the plural of ankle-biter.

Words near ankle-biters in the dictionary

  1. ankle slapper
  2. ankle slappers
  3. ankle sock
  4. ankle socks
  5. ankle-biter
  6. ankle-biters
  7. ankle-bone
  8. ankle-bones
  9. ankle-deep
  10. ankle-high
  11. ankle-highs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ankle-biters (page history and authors); ankle-biter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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