snakebite

English

Alternative forms

snake bite, snake-bite

Etymology

From snake +‎ bite.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

snakebite (countable and uncountable, plural snakebites)

(countable) The bite of a snake.
(countable, uncountable) A drink made by mixing hard cider and lager.
- 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 231:
  We agreed to go down to the bar and get a snakebite together, […]
(countable) Either of a pair of lip piercings below the lower lip, resembling the fangs of a snake.
Coordinate term: angel bites

Ellie recently got a navel piercing and snakebites.

Derived terms

(drink): snakebite and black, snakey B

Translations

the bite of a snake

Bulgarian: ухапване от змия n (uhapvane ot zmija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蛇咬傷 / 蛇咬伤
Dutch: slangenbeet (nl) m
German: Schlangenbiss (de) m
Hungarian: kígyómarás (hu), kígyóharapás
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pêvêdana mar f
Portuguese: mordida/picada de cobra f
Sanskrit: सर्पदंश (sarpadaṃśa)
Swedish: ormbett n
Tagalog: tuklaw
Telugu: పాముకాటు (te) (pāmukāṭu)
Ternate: tofa

a mixture of cider and lager

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