Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To break off with an abrupt sharp noise.
  • To bite; nibble.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.

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