bite

[…]I have knowne a very good Fiſher angle diligently four or ſix hours in a day, for three or four dayes together for a River Carp, and not have a bite[…]

That snake bite really hurts!

After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.

There were only a few bites left on the plate.

That's really a bite!

That song is a bite of my song!

I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.

City scored the goals but periods of ball possession were shared - the difference being Villa lacked bite in the opposition final third.

The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite, by deceiving and overreaching.

[I]t was conjectured, that Peregrine was a bite from the beginning, who had found credit on account of his effrontery and appearance, and impoſed himſelf upon the town as a young gentleman of fortune.

I know three Americans who are running a bar. The cops come in all the time for a bite.

cold open: Starting a TV newscast with video or a bite from the lead story rather than starting with the anchor or the standard show open.