Definition of biting
: having the power to bite a biting wind; especially : able to grip and impress deeply a biting wit
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a biting wind that only the toughest football fans were willing to endure
the biting comments by the popular girls about the new kid in class
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As controversial as Waters' Desert Trip performance was, his most biting commentaries were left on the cutting room floor.
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Saturday Night Live has been in top form lately, thanks in no small part to its biting satire of the Trump administration.
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This became a particularly biting issue during the prolonged ash falls from the 2001 and 2002-2003 flank eruptions, and again during the 2006 summit eruption.
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14th Century
First Known Use of biting
14th century
BITING Defined for English Language Learners
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: unpleasantly cold
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: having a sharply critical and often clever quality
BITING Defined for Kids
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: causing intense discomfort It was cold, bleak, biting weather … — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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