: having the power to bite
a biting wind
especially
: able to grip and impress deeply
a biting wit
Examples of biting in a Sentence
a biting wind that only the toughest football fans were willing to endure
the biting comments by the pundits about the government's inaction
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The word itself began life as a British colonial term, probably a corruption of kutu, a Malay word for lice and other biting insects.
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Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
But the two-hour, 40-minute script by Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan is smart, biting, playful and swift-paced.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Sanjana, the protagonist of this biting novel, has recently left her husband in Bombay after a dispute over whether to have children.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Many of his biting posts have gone viral, drawing thousands of shares and millions of views.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
But the two-hour, 40-minute script by Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan is smart, biting, playful and swift-paced.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Sanjana, the protagonist of this biting novel, has recently left her husband in Bombay after a dispute over whether to have children.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Many of his biting posts have gone viral, drawing thousands of shares and millions of views.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for biting
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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biting. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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