hopbiten

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

hop (“together”) +‎ biten (“bitten”)

Adjective

hopbiten (not comparable)

  1. clenched, together (with reference to teeth)
    hopbitna tänder / käkar
    clenched teeth / jaws
  2. tight-lipped, compressed (with reference to lips, often indicating determination, firmness, or the like)
    hopbitna läppar
    compressed lips
    hopbiten mun
    a tight-lipped expression

Usage notes

Hopbiten might sometimes be used to avoid the usually more figurative sense of sammanbiten, which is otherwise a more common word.

Declension

Inflection of hopbiten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hopbiten — —
neuter singular hopbitet — —
plural hopbitna — —
masculine plural2 hopbitne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hopbitne — —
all hopbitna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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