BITE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bite off mean? 

• BITE OFF (verb)
  The verb BITE OFF has 1 sense:

1. bite off with a quick bite

  Familiarity information: BITE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bite off with a quick bite

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bite off; snap at

Context example:

The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants

Hypernyms (to "bite off" is one way to...):

bite; seize with teeth (to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

"He tried to bite off my nose," he concluded.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"It was just a fight. After I got the knife away, he tried to bite off my nose."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)