cow bite

English

Etymology

From the metaphor that one is making a cow's mouth with one's hand.

Noun

cow bite (plural cow bites)

1. A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips.
   • 1975, Norman Keifetz, The Sensation, page 178:

     "You two have been brought closer together by that cow bite, I see." "You said cow bite before, I guess you mean 'goose.' Do you?" Sissy asked.

   • 2012, J. W. Stockton, Fardnock's Revenge, →ISBN, page 81:

     She pulled at the pants, inflicting some painful cow bites on Carl's legs.

   • 2013, Austin Clark, Shadows and Mockery: A Ghost Story, →ISBN, page 114:

     He squeezed her thigh just above her knee, easily straddling it between fingers and thumb in a cow bite.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cow,‎ bite.

Verb

cow bite (third-person singular simple present cow bites, present participle cow biting, simple past cow bit, past participle cow bitten)

1. To administer a cow bite.
   • 2009, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, No Second Chance: A Reality-Based Guide to Self-Defense, →ISBN, page 130:

     You can use the grip to cow bite (grip, squeeze and twist) the tenderflesh on the inside of the upper arm.