τσιμπάω — meaning in English

English meaning

• bite verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
• sting noun A sharp pain, or the puncture and injection of venom by an insect or animal.

Senses

τσιμπάω is used for these senses in English:

• bite (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
• bite (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
• sting (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.
• sting (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally).

bite — full definition

1. verb To use the teeth to cut into, grip, or wound something.
2. verb To have an unpleasant or harmful effect, often after a delay.
3. noun An act of biting, or the mark left by one.

sting — full definition

1. noun A sharp pain, or the puncture and injection of venom by an insect or animal.
2. noun An undercover police operation designed to catch someone committing a crime.
3. verb To hurt someone by piercing them with a stinger, or to cause a sharp pain.

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