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cow bite

noun

Etymology

From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand.

Definitions

  1. A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and…

    A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips.

    • "You two have been brought closer together by that cow bite, I see." "You said cow bite before, I guess you mean 'goose.' Do you?" Sissy asked.
    • She pulled at the pants, inflicting some painful cow bites on Carl's legs.
    • He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cow, bite.

  3. To administer a cow bite.

    • You can use the grip to cow bite (grip, squeeze and twist) the tenderflesh on the inside of the upper arm.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA