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snakebites

snakebites is the plural of snakebite.

Meaning of snakebite

Noun

snakebite (countable and uncountable, plural snakebites)

  1. (countable, literal) The bite of a snake.
    • Mohamed's father said his son was a studious young man with a passion for soccer. "He was someone that we all thought would go very far," he said. Mohamed was the third member of his family to suffer a fatal snakebite within 12 months.2022 November 7, Sam Bradpiece, “At Guinea's only specialized snakebite clinic, doctors need luck and antivenom”, in NPR
  2. (alcoholic beverages) A cocktail made with equal parts lager and hard cider.
    • We agreed to go down to the bar and get a snakebite together, […]2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 231
  3. (countable) A pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.
    • Ellie recently got a navel piercing and snakebites.

Questions about snakebites

What is snakebites the plural of?
Snakebites is the plural of snakebite.

Words near snakebites in the dictionary

  1. snakebirds
  2. snakebit
  3. snakebite
  4. snakebite and black
  5. snakebite and blacks
  6. snakebites
  7. snakebitten
  8. snakeboard
  9. snakeboards
  10. snaked
  11. snaked out

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