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mouthful
As much as is usually taken into the mouth at one time
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  1. As much as is usually taken into the mouth at one time
  2. Something difficult to pronounce or say.
  3. (Slang) Quite a bit.
cud
A mouthful of previously swallowed food regurgitated from the first two chambers of the stomach of cattle and other ruminants back to the mouth, where it is chewed slowly a second time
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  1. A mouthful of previously swallowed food regurgitated from the first two chambers of the stomach of cattle and other ruminants back to the mouth, where it is chewed slowly a second time
  2. Something held in the mouth and chewed, such as a plug of tobacco.
chew
The act of chewing
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  1. The act of chewing
  2. Something chewed or for chewing; specif., a portion of tobacco for chewing
taste
The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation:
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  1. The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation:
  2. A slight experience of something; sample
  3. A small amount; bit; trace; suggestion; touch
spoonful
The amount that a spoon holds.
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  1. The amount that a spoon holds.
  2. The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped
  3. As much as a spoon will hold
forkful
The amount that a fork will hold.
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  1. The amount that a fork will hold.
nip
A strong flavor; tang
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  1. A strong flavor; tang
  2. A sharp, biting flavor; a tang:
  3. A piece nipped off; small bit
morsel
A tasty delicacy; a tidbit.
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  1. A tasty delicacy; a tidbit.
  2. One that is delightful and extremely pleasing.
  3. A small piece or amount; bit
nibble
A slight tug on a fishing line, as from a fish sampling the bait
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  1. A slight tug on a fishing line, as from a fish sampling the bait
  2. (--- Informal) Any display of interest, as from a potential customer or client
  3. A very small quantity, especially of food; a morsel.
bit
A brief amount of time; a moment:
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  1. A brief amount of time; a moment:
  2. (Chiefly British) A small coin:
  3. A matter being considered:
chaw
(Now Dial.) chew
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  1. (Now Dial.) chew
  2. A chew, especially of tobacco.
wound
Any hurt or injury to the feelings, honor, etc.
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  1. Any hurt or injury to the feelings, honor, etc.
  2. An injury to an organism, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.
  3. An injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc.
sting
A sharp-pointed organ in insects and certain other animals, used to prick, wound, or inject poison
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  1. A sharp-pointed organ in insects and certain other animals, used to prick, wound, or inject poison
  2. A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur:
  3. A pain or wound resulting from or as from stinging
laceration
A jagged wound or cut.
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  1. A jagged wound or cut.
  2. An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.
  3. The result of lacerating; jagged tear or wound
sting
A pain or wound resulting from or as from stinging
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  1. A pain or wound resulting from or as from stinging
  2. The ability or power to sting or wound
  3. A sharp-pointed organ in insects and certain other animals, used to prick, wound, or inject poison
prick
A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
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  1. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
  2. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
  3. (Vulgar Slang) A person considered to be mean or contemptible, especially a man.
burn
An act, process, or result of burning:
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  1. An act, process, or result of burning:
  2. An injury or damage caused by fire, heat, radiation, wind, caustics, etc.: in medicine, burns are classified as first-degree burn, reddening, second-degree burn, blistering, and third-degree burn, destruction of the skin and the tissues under it
  3. A sensation of intense heat, stinging pain, or irritation:
snack
A small quantity of food; light meal or refreshment taken between regular meals
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  1. A small quantity of food; light meal or refreshment taken between regular meals
  2. An item of food eaten between meals.
  3. Foods commonly eaten between regular meals, specif. such prepared foods as pretzels, popcorn, chips, dips, etc.
nibble
(--- Informal) Any display of interest, as from a potential customer or client
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  1. (--- Informal) Any display of interest, as from a potential customer or client
  2. A slight tug on a fishing line, as from a fish sampling the bait
  3. A very small quantity, especially of food; a morsel.
nosh
A snack or light meal.
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  1. A snack or light meal.
  2. A snack
snap
To snatch at with the teeth or mouth; bite:
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  1. To snatch at with the teeth or mouth; bite:
  2. To take up something suddenly and eagerly; snatch or grasp:
  3. To pull apart or break with a snapping sound.
gnaw
To cut, bite, and wear away bit by bit with the teeth
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  1. To cut, bite, and wear away bit by bit with the teeth
  2. To cause persistent worry or pain:
  3. To afflict or worry persistently:
sink-one-s-teeth-into
(Idiomatic) To become involved in; particularly in an enthusiastic manner.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To become involved in; particularly in an enthusiastic manner.
nip
To give a nip or nips
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  1. To give a nip or nips
  2. To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor:
  3. To move quickly; dart.
lacerate
To cause deep emotional pain to; distress.
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  1. To cause deep emotional pain to; distress.
  2. To tear jaggedly; mangle (something soft, as flesh)
  3. To wound or hurt (someone's feelings, etc.) deeply; distress
pierce
To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate.
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  1. To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate.
  2. To sound sharply through:
  3. To penetrate into or through something:
sting
To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ:
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  1. To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ:
  2. To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain:
  3. To cause or feel sharp, smarting pain, either physical or mental
nibble
To take small or hesitant bites:
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  1. To take small or hesitant bites:
  2. To wear away or diminish bit by bit:
  3. To show little interest in food by taking only small bites intermittently
chew
To bite and grind or crush with the teeth; masticate
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  1. To bite and grind or crush with the teeth; masticate
  2. To meditate on; ponder:
  3. To chew something
chew-up
(US, idiomatic) to defeat utterly
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  1. (US, idiomatic) to defeat utterly
  2. (Idiomatic) to ruin (especially land), by digging
  3. To chew so as to make something pulpy
mouth
To take in or touch with the mouth:
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  1. To take in or touch with the mouth:
  2. To form (a word) with the mouth soundlessly
  3. To caress or rub with the mouth or lips
gulp
To swallow air audibly, as in nervousness.
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  1. To swallow air audibly, as in nervousness.
  2. To catch the breath in or as in swallowing a large amount
  3. To choke back as if swallowing; repress (a sob, etc.)
worry
To attempt to deal with something in a persistent or dogged manner:
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  1. To attempt to deal with something in a persistent or dogged manner:
  2. To manage to get (along or through) in the face of trials and difficulties
  3. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
taste
To test the flavor of by putting a little in one's mouth
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  1. To test the flavor of by putting a little in one's mouth
  2. To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
  3. To distinguish flavors in the mouth.
masticate
To grind, cut, or knead (rubber, etc.) to a pulp
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  1. To grind, cut, or knead (rubber, etc.) to a pulp
  2. To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
  3. To grind and knead something, such as rubber, into a pulp.
clamp
To grip, fasten, or brace with or as with a clamp
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  1. To grip, fasten, or brace with or as with a clamp
  2. To put in effect forcefully; impose
  3. To fasten, grip, or support with or as if with a clamp.
champ
To chew hard and noisily; munch
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  1. To chew hard and noisily; munch
  2. (Intransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
  3. To work the jaws and teeth vigorously.
chomp
(Intransitive) To bite or munch loudly or heavily.
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  1. (Intransitive) To bite or munch loudly or heavily.
  2. To chew or bite on something repeatedly:
  3. To chew something loudly or heavily.
munch
To chew food audibly or with a steady working of the jaws.
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  1. To chew food audibly or with a steady working of the jaws.
  2. To eat with pleasure.
  3. To chew steadily, often with a crunching sound
crunch
To move with a crushing sound:
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  1. To move with a crushing sound:
  2. To bite or chew with a noisy, crackling sound
  3. To press, grind, tread, fall, etc. with a noisy, crushing sound
ruminate
To chew cud.
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  1. To chew cud.
  2. To chew (the cud), as a cow does
  3. To turn (something) over in the mind; meditate (on)
mangle
To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance:
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  1. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance:
  2. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing:
  3. To mutilate or disfigure by repeatedly and roughly cutting, tearing, hacking, or crushing; lacerate and bruise badly
chaw
To chew.
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  1. To chew.
snap
To take up something suddenly and eagerly; snatch or grasp:
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  1. To take up something suddenly and eagerly; snatch or grasp:
  2. To open, close, or fit together with a click:
  3. With a snap.
burn
To be on fire; undergo combustion. A substance burns if it is heated up enough to react chemically with oxygen.
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  1. To be on fire; undergo combustion. A substance burns if it is heated up enough to react chemically with oxygen.
  2. To cause to be felt or remembered because of emotional intensity:
  3. To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
sting
To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ:
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  1. To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ:
  2. To cause sharp, sudden, smarting pain to, by or as by pricking with a sharp point
  3. To cause or feel sharp, smarting pain, either physical or mental
slash
To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
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  1. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
  2. To cut slits in (a fabric, dress, etc.), esp. so as to expose underlying material, usually of another color
  3. To move through or penetrate something quickly and precisely
smart
To cause to smart
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  1. To cause to smart
  2. To feel mental distress or irritation, as in resentment, remorse, etc.
  3. To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain:
etch
To prepare (a metal plate, glass, etc.) in this way, for use in printing such drawings or designs
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  1. To prepare (a metal plate, glass, etc.) in this way, for use in printing such drawings or designs
  2. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  3. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
sear
To cause to be felt or remembered because of emotional intensity:
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  1. To cause to be felt or remembered because of emotional intensity:
  2. To cause to quail or feel humiliated, as by a scornful glance
  3. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of.
rot
To decay morally; become degenerate.
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  1. To decay morally; become degenerate.
  2. To disappear or fall by decaying:
  3. To decompose gradually by the action of bacteria, fungi, etc.; decay; spoil
rust
To become the color of rust.
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  1. To become the color of rust.
  2. To affect or be affected by a rust fungus
  3. To become or cause to be coated with rust, as iron
oxidize
(Chemistry) To increase the valence (the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.
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  1. (Chemistry) To increase the valence (the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.
  2. To unite with oxygen, as in burning or rusting
  3. To remove electrons from (an atom or ion)
erode
To eat into; corrode:
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  1. To eat into; corrode:
  2. To eat into; wear away; disintegrate
  3. To form by wearing away gradually
dissolve
To cause to pass into solution:
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  1. To cause to pass into solution:
  2. To become liquid; melt:
  3. To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
deteriorate
To grow worse; degenerate:
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  1. To grow worse; degenerate:
  2. To make or become worse; lower in quality or value; depreciate
  3. To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value:
decay
To undergo decay.
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  1. To undergo decay.
  2. (Electronics) To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.
  3. (Physics) To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
consume
To absorb; engross:
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  1. To absorb; engross:
  2. To expend; use up:
  3. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.
decompose
To rot or cause to rot; decay; putrefy.
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  1. To rot or cause to rot; decay; putrefy.
  2. (Intransitive) to rot, decay or putrefy
  3. To become broken down into components; disintegrate.
engrave
To cut or incise (a picture, letters, etc.) into a metal plate, wooden block, etc. for printing
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  1. To cut or incise (a picture, letters, etc.) into a metal plate, wooden block, etc. for printing
  2. To print from a block or plate made by such a process.
  3. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.
strike
To remove or separate suddenly, as with a blow:
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  1. To remove or separate suddenly, as with a blow:
  2. To come upon; arrive at
  3. To hook (a fish that has risen to the bait) by a pull on the line
nibble
To eat with small, quick bites or in small morsels:
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  1. To eat with small, quick bites or in small morsels:
  2. To take small or hesitant bites:
  3. To eat (food) with quick bites, taking only a small amount at a time, as a mouse does
line
To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
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  1. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
  2. To form a line along
  3. (Baseball) To hit a line drive
volunteer
To freely choose to enter or offer to enter into any service; enlist
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  1. To freely choose to enter or offer to enter into any service; enlist
  2. To do charitable or helpful work without pay:
  3. To give or offer to give voluntarily:
risk
To expose to the chance of injury, damage, or loss; hazard
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  1. To expose to the chance of injury, damage, or loss; hazard
  2. To incur the risk of:
  3. To incur the risk of
champ
To chew hard and noisily; munch
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  1. To chew hard and noisily; munch
  2. (Intransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
  3. To work the jaws and teeth vigorously.
chomp
To chew something loudly or heavily.
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  1. To chew something loudly or heavily.
  2. To bite down (on), repeatedly and restlessly
  3. (Intransitive) To bite or munch loudly or heavily.
gnash
To bite (something) by grinding the teeth.
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  1. To bite (something) by grinding the teeth.
  2. To grind or strike (the teeth) together, as in anger or pain
  3. To bite by grinding the teeth
gnaw
To bite repeatedly
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  1. To bite repeatedly
  2. To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth.
  3. To bite or chew persistently:
corrode
To become corroded
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  1. To become corroded
  2. To work upon insidiously and cause to deteriorate
  3. To eat into or wear away gradually, as by rusting or by the action of chemicals
eat
To take in and absorb as food:
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  1. To take in and absorb as food:
  2. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.
  3. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet:
erode
To eat into; corrode:
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  1. To eat into; corrode:
  2. To eat into; wear away; disintegrate
  3. To wear (something) away by erosion:
gnaw
To cause persistent worry or pain:
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  1. To cause persistent worry or pain:
  2. To afflict or worry persistently:
  3. To consume; wear away; corrode
wear
To change course by being worn
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  1. To change course by being worn
  2. To last under continual or hard use:
  3. To wear a sailing vessel
burn
To cause a strong impression, especially by emotional intensity:
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  1. To cause a strong impression, especially by emotional intensity:
  2. To be very eager:
  3. To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
smart
To be the location of such a pain:
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  1. To be the location of such a pain:
  2. To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain:
  3. To feel such pain
sting
To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain:
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  1. To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain:
  2. To have, use, or wound with a sharp-pointed structure or organ:
  3. To cause or feel sharp, smarting pain, either physical or mental
edge
Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest:
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  1. Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest:
  2. A margin of superiority; an advantage:
  3. A rim or brink:
sharpness
(Countable) The product or result of being sharp.
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  1. (Countable) The product or result of being sharp.
  2. (Uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object
  3. (Uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness
sting
(Slang) A confidence game, especially one implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.
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  1. (Slang) A confidence game, especially one implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals.
  2. A sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.
  3. A keen stimulus or incitement; a goad or spur:
bit
A brief amount of time; a moment:
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  1. A brief amount of time; a moment:
  2. (Chiefly British) A small coin:
  3. A matter being considered:
crumb
(Slang) A worthless, disgusting, or despicable person
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  1. (Slang) A worthless, disgusting, or despicable person
  2. Any bit or scrap
  3. A very small piece broken off something; small particle or bit, esp. of bread, cake, etc.
morsel
A tasty dish
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  1. A tasty dish
  2. One that is delightful and extremely pleasing.
  3. A small piece or amount; bit
mouthful
Something difficult to pronounce or say.
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  1. Something difficult to pronounce or say.
  2. As much as is usually taken into the mouth at one time
  3. (Slang) Quite a bit.
piece
Any single thing, amount, specimen, example, etc.
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  1. Any single thing, amount, specimen, example, etc.
  2. What one has to say about something; an opinion:
  3. A coin:
morsel
A small piece of food.
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  1. A small piece of food.
  2. A tasty dish
  3. A tasty delicacy; a tidbit.
snack
A small quantity of food; light meal or refreshment taken between regular meals
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  1. A small quantity of food; light meal or refreshment taken between regular meals
  2. Foods commonly eaten between regular meals, specif. such prepared foods as pretzels, popcorn, chips, dips, etc.
  3. An item of food eaten between meals.
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  • Don't bite my head off.

  • It did not try to bite or scratch.

  • He lifted his head, whispering, "Bite me."

  • "It will try to bite me," he thought.

  • He swallowed a bite and chuckled.

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