biting

bit·ing  (btng)

adj.

1. Causing a stinging sensation; nipping: biting cold.

2. Capable of gripping and affecting or wounding; cutting: a biting aphorism. See Synonyms at incisive.

3. Of or relating to insects and certain other animals that wound the skin with a sting, mouthparts, or fangs.

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biting·ly adv.

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biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ]

adj

1. piercing; keen a biting wind

2. sarcastic; incisive a biting comment

bitingly  adv

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biting, bird louse

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See louse [2]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	biting - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" barbed, mordacious, nipping, pungent sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
	2.	biting - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" bitter painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

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biting

adjective

1. piercing, cutting, cold, sharp, freezing, frozen, bitter, raw, chill, harsh, penetrating, arctic, nipping, icy, blighting, chilly, wintry, gelid, cold as ice a raw, biting northerly wind

2. sarcastic, cutting, sharp, severe, stinging, withering, scathing, acrimonious, incisive, virulent, caustic, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious This was the most biting criticism made against her.

Translations

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] ADJ [cold, wind] → cortante; [criticism etc] → mordaz

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj [wind, cold] → mordant(e); [sarcasm, criticism] → mordant(e)
bit-map bitmap [ˈbɪtmæp] (COMPUTING)

n

→ mode point m

(= bit-map image) → image f en mode point

modif [graphics] → par points

vt → pixeliser, pixelliser
bit part n (in play, film) → petit rôle m

biting

adj → beißend; cold, wind also → schneidend

biting [ˈbaɪtɪŋ] adj (cold, wind) → pungente; (criticism, sarcasm) → pungente, mordace; (remark) → caustico/a