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[ man-ee-ting ] / ˈmænˌi tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR man-eating ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefeeding on or having an appetite for human flesh: a man-eating tiger. Origin of man-eatingFirst recorded in 1600–10 Words nearby man-eatingmandrin, manducate, mandyas, mane, man-eater, man-eating, man-eating shark, maneb, maned wolf, manège, manes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for man-eatingIn the course of her remarkable travels Thecla baptizes herself by diving into a pool of “man-eating seals.” First Anglican Woman Bishop A Return to Christian Roots|Candida Moss|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The marauding, man-eating Titans are mutated, androgynous beasts that have no need to feed but love to kill. This Author Kills More Darlings Than George R.R. Martin|David Levesley|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Our pond is short on man-eating sharks, but I can set bear traps on the bottom. Why I Hate The Beach|P. J. O’Rourke|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST And if you can work in man-eating hippopotami, sexy vampires, or a robot that shoots lasers out of its eyes, all the better. Benjamin Percy: How I Write|Noah Charney|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her latest role is a small but powerful one, and does plenty to erase any memories of her cosmo-swilling, man-eating alter-ego. The Yes List: A Sex and the City Star Strips Down|The Daily Beast|April 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST The match goes out—irreverently I light many more under her chin, under that heavy, man-eating jaw. Egypt (La Mort De Philae)|Pierre Loti But even as he gloated over his revenge, the words of Bill Dawson came to him, "Hold that man-eating temper of yours." At the fort we crossed the chasm on the stone debris of an ancient dam, when we began hunting for the man-eating rock. Looking Back|Merrick Abner Richardson When one is not escaping from a man-eating trout one is eluding a vampire bat. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914|Various There are even 'man-eating seasons,' as there are in civilized countries hunting seasons. In Search of the Castaways|Jules Verne
British Dictionary definitions for man-eating
adjectiveeating human flesh informal (of a woman) having many lovers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to man-eatingcarnivorous, ferocious, murderous, creophagous |