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cow bite en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips.
   • She pulled at the pants, inflicting some painful cow bites on Carl's legs. 2012, J. W. Stockton, Fardnock's Revenge, →ISBN, page 81:
   • "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. 1975, Norman Keifetz, The Sensation, page 178:
   • He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite. 2013, Austin Clark, Shadows and Mockery: A Ghost Story, →ISBN, page 114:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cow, bite.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
cow bites	Number=Plur		lexicographic

cow bite en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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. 2009, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, No Second Chance: A Reality-Based Guide to Self-Defense, →ISBN, page 130:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
cow bites	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
cow bitten	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
cow bit	Tense=Past		lexicographic
cow biting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic