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mosquito bite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (plural-normally, slang) A small breast of a woman.
   • Well, Adam didn't seem to have a problem with the size of her breasts. Paige had found that if a guy was thrown by her mosquito bites, he'd do one of two things. 2008, Kate Willoughby, A Wolf at Her Door, Akron, Oh.: Ellora's Cave Publishing, →ISBN, page 46:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mosquito, bite.
   • From there, the cycle may be initiated once again when the sporozoites are released into the blood stream during a mosquito bite. 2002, Jacqueline Stanley, Essentials of Immunology & Serology, Albany, N.Y.: Delmar Thomson Learning, →ISBN, page 403:
   • Half your bones are busted, your body is swollen like one huge mosquito bite, and you're nearly starved to death. Believe me, Champ, you're not okay. 2001, Ben Mikaelsen, Touching Spirit Bear, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-06-073400-8; republished New York, N.Y.: HarperTrophy, 2005, ISBN 978-0-06-073400-8, page 121

Forms

Synonyms

fried egg · beesting

Translations (13)

sv myggbett (visible bump of inflamed skin) · ru уку́с комара́ (event of a mosquito bite) · fi paukama (visible bump of inflamed skin) · ru уку́с комара́ (visible bump of inflamed skin) · fi pieni rinta (small breast of a woman) · ru пры́щик (small breast of a woman) · fr piqûre de moustique (visible bump of inflamed skin) · ta கொசுக்கடி (event of a mosquito bite) · hu szúnyogcsípés (visible bump of inflamed skin) · fr bouton de moustique (visible bump of inflamed skin) · km មូសខាំ (visible bump of inflamed skin) · fr piqûre de moustique (event of a mosquito bite) · fi hyttysenpisto (event of a mosquito bite)