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gnat bitenoun1A small red mark on the skin caused by the bite of a gnat: vinegar is good for gnat bites and spots...- No one ever dies from a gnat bite, or a swarming gnat attack.
- Rather than letting the antihistamines remain unused I took them myself for my own allergy - gnat bites.
- It would seem that a well-placed gnat bite can in fact inflame an elephant.
1.1A very minor inconvenience or cost: the fines, even at the high end, are gnat bites for the banks...- Meanwhile, a huge company won't even notice the gnat bites that the startup takes out of its revenues.
- He won a complete victory, and even that didn't amount to a gnat bite on the company's balance sheet.
- The ruling in Strasbourg is a gnat bite that the British Government is totally free in law to ignore.
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