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bitey

/ˈbaɪti/US[ˈbaɪ̯ɾi]

bitey adjective: inclined to bite.

Adjective

bitey (comparative bitier, superlative bitiest)

  1. (informal) Inclined to bite.
    • So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick.2005, Tom Widdicombe, Be with Your Horse: Getting to the Heart of Horsemanship
    • It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.2006, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time
  2. Having a sharp or spicy flavor.

Noun

bitey (plural biteys)

  1. (Australia) An animal that bites or stings.

Forms of bitey

Adjective
comparativebitier
superlativebitiest
Noun
pluralbiteys

Origin of bitey

From bite + -y (suffix forming adjectives). Compare West Frisian bitsich (“snappy”), Saterland Frisian bieterg (“snappish”), German Low German bittsig (“snappy”), German bissig (“snappy, snappish”).

From bite + -y (suffix forming nouns).

Words formed from bitey

Phrases with bitey

Questions about bitey

What does bitey mean?
Bitey means inclined to bite.
What part of speech is bitey?
Bitey can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce bitey?
Bitey is pronounced /ˈbaɪti/.

Words near bitey in the dictionary

  1. bitetrads
  2. bitewing
  3. bitewings
  4. bitext
  5. bitexts
  6. bitey
  7. biteyness
  8. bitfield
  9. bitfields
  10. bitfilter
  11. bitfilters

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