biting

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ

biting

1. present participle and gerund of bite

biting (plural bitings)

1. An instance of something being bitten.
2. (Kenya) A bite-sized snack.
   • 1997, Women in Kenya, page 20:

     Here the guests were lavishly entertained with drinks and bitings even before sitting down to dinner.

   • 2006, Kenya, page 116:

     More of a cafeteria than a purebreed coffeehouse, the neat little 21 does both full meals and snacks or 'bitings'.

• nail biting, nailbiting

biting (comparative more biting, superlative most biting)

1. Causing a stinging sensation.

   a biting wind

2. Cutting or incisive.

   a biting criticism

3. Tending to bite.

   a biting insect

• bitingly
• nail-biting, nailbiting

From bi- (“by-”) +‎ ting (“thing”).

• IPA^(key): /bitenɡ/, [ˈb̥itˢeŋˀ]
• Rhymes: -eŋˀ

biting c (singular definite bitingen, plural indefinite biting)

1. a matter of secondary importance

Almost always used in the indefinite form.

• bagatel