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/bit/
Translation
penis (vulgar slang; the coarsest register, avoid in speech)
Word origin
Generally taken as a figurative use of the nautical bitte ('bollard, mooring post'), from Old Norse biti ('crossbeam'), the spelling having lost one t. English 'bitt', the deck post a rope is made fast to, comes from the same Norse word.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- biti
- English cognates
- bitt
Grammar
Examples
appartient au vulgaire.
The word bite belongs to the coarsest register.
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Do not say bite in front of your grandmother.
« ! » -- marteau.
'Bite!' he let out as he hit his finger with the hammer.
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They put the furniture together in a rough and ready way.
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People said he was as thick as two short planks, which was unfair.
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