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bite in the ass

bite in the ass is the alternative form of bite in the arse.

Meaning of bite in the arse

Verb

bite in the arse (third-person singular simple present bites in the arse, present participle biting in the arse, simple past bit in the arse, past participle bitten in the arse)

  1. (UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Synonym of come back to bite.
    • After the kitten had died, Robins sent a text message to Knutton saying: "Remember the saying: 'What goes around comes around?' It has started already to bite you in the arse. The cat? Karma."2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian

Forms of bite in the ass

third-person singular presentbites in the ass
present participlebiting in the ass
pastbit in the ass
past participlebitten in the ass

Questions about bite in the ass

What is bite in the ass the alternative form of?
Bite in the ass is the alternative form of bite in the arse.

Words near bite in the ass in the dictionary

  1. bite cell
  2. bite cells
  3. bite down
  4. bite in
  5. bite in the arse
  6. bite in the ass
  7. bite in the bum
  8. bite indicator
  9. bite indicators
  10. bite it
  11. bite me

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bite in the ass (page history and authors); bite in the arse (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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