baɪt baɪt

tʃɒmp t͡ʃɔmp kəˈleɪʃən ˈmɔːsəl ˈmɔɹsəl ˈpʌndʒənsi a portion removed from the whole the government's weekly bite from my paycheck the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws penetrate or cut, as with a knife The fork bit into the surface deliver a sting to A bee stung my arm yesterday to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws Gunny invariably tried to bite her cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort The sun burned his face a strong odor or taste property the pungency of mustard the sulfurous bite of garlic the sharpness of strange spices the raciness of the wine wit having a sharp and caustic quality he commented with typical pungency the bite of satire (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite a light informal meal a small amount of solid food; a mouthful all they had left was a bit of bread a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin