snakebitten

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A form of snakebit — Bitten by a snake.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. USalternativeAlternative form of snakebit.

    And that is when the Chargers, snakebitten for so long in the playoffs, began their inexorable slide.

    2009 January 12, Judy Battista, “Steelers Dominate Chargers to Reach A.F.C. Title Game”, in New York Times
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    Since then, his campaign sometimes seemed snake-bitten as it dodged hecklers and a drumbeat of presumptuous questions about life after No. 10 Downing Street.

    2010 May 5, Alistair MacDonald, Joe Parkinson, “Brown Scrambles for Votes as U.K. Poll Nears”, in The Wall Street Journal

Origin

From snake + bitten.

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APA

snakebitten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snakebitten

MLA

“snakebitten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snakebitten. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snakebitten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snakebitten.

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