bight

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And the team-leaders / management types always bight the overpriced stuff because the company is paying.

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A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

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noun

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

noun

A curve in a rope.

noun

(geography) An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for bight.

noun

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

noun

A curve in a rope.

noun

(geography) An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.

noun

(geography) A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.

Example sentences

And the team-leaders / management types always bight the overpriced stuff because the company is paying.

This is going to turn around and bight them in the ass...

Learn the figure-8 family (on a bight, follow-through, double loop, etc), and you'll know enough knots for almost any situation.

I ran into a guy (affiliated with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks) working on the Windless Bight infrasound array when I was at McMurdo this season.

Why not just tie an overhand knot on a bight of the cord, and then slip the resulting loop over a button on any shirt you happen to be wearing?

On a bight it gives you a solid attachment point in the middle of a rope (tie a double loop if your life is gonna depend on it), Use a follow through around an object if you need to tie a hitch (also worth knowing a alternative like a clove hitch).

Quote examples

Also, I wonder: when they had the meeting at Microsoft to decide what to call the "disable cache" option, which bight spark suggested "Always refresh from server" would be the best label to properly convey the feature.