piranhic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]piranhic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to piranhas; having the character of piranhas.
- 1975, James Patrick Donleavy, The unexpurgated code: a complete manual of survival and manners:
- Keep your dignity here even though other folk are expending any amount of piranhic energy implanting their ungloved lunch hooks into the property left by another.
- 2012, Corey Redekop, Husk: A Novel, ECW Press:
- As he heaved me into the hallway beyond, I saw those doctors smart enough to wear aural protection rushing to help the unconscious, pulling them away from piranhic jaws.