noun
Meaning 1
The bite of a snake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: literal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
snakebite
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A cocktail made with equal parts lager and hard cider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: alcoholic beverages
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cocktail, alcoholic beverage, beverage, drink
noun
Meaning 3
A pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Ellie recently got a navel piercing and snakebites.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a bite inflicted by a (venomous) snake
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bite
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English snake Proto-Indo-European *bheyd- Proto-Indo-European *bhéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English snakebite From snake + bite.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ухапване от змия (uhapvane ot zmija) — bite of a snake
- Catalan: picada de serp — bite of a snake
- Chinese Mandarin: 蛇咬傷 /蛇咬伤 — bite of a snake
- Danish: slangebid — bite of a snake
- Dutch: slangenbeet — bite of a snake
- German: Schlangenbiss — bite of a snake
- Hindi: सर्पदंश (sarpadañś) — bite of a snake
- Hungarian: kígyómarás — bite of a snake
- Hungarian: kígyóharapás — bite of a snake
- Northern Kurdish: pêvêdana mar — bite of a snake
- Portuguese: mordida de cobra — bite of a snake
- Portuguese: picada de cobra — bite of a snake
- Sanskrit: सर्पदंश (sarpadaṃśa) — bite of a snake
- Spanish: mordida de serpiente — bite of a snake
- Spanish: mordedura de culebra — bite of a snake
- Swedish: ormbett — bite of a snake
- Tagalog: tuklaw — bite of a snake
- Telugu: పాముకాటు (pāmukāṭu) — bite of a snake
- Ternate: tofa — bite of a snake