Meanings
bitey1
comparative bitier · superlative bitiest
- informalInclined to bite.
It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.
2006, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time1 more example
So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick.
2005, Tom Widdicombe, Be with Your Horse: Getting to the Heart of Horsemanship
bitey2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
bitey · adjective
From bite + -y (suffix forming adjectives). Compare West Frisian bitsich (“snappy”), Saterland Frisian bieterg (“snappish”), German Low German bittsig (“snappy”), German bissig (“snappy, snappish”).
Full word history & related roots →bitey · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
- Proto-Germanic*bītaną
- Proto-West Germanic*bītan
- Old Englishbītan
- Middle Englishbiten
- Englishbite
- Englishbitey
From bite + -y (suffix forming nouns).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
bitey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitey
“bitey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bitey. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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