biter
Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
Noun agent, form of
- Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
- Not all dogs are biters.
- My dislike was reinforced in 2016 when researchers discovered that more than three-quarters of the domestic boars and 40 per cent of wild boars they examined had bite injuries to their penises. The photos are horrific....
- A fish that tends to take bait.
- She tried the same cast several times. I signaled her to switch flies. After two such changes we still couldn't move the fish. Some steelhead are biters; some are not. - 2007, John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the...
- A person who takes up an offer or request.
- I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any biters
- A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
- One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
- A cheat or fraudster.
- A zombie.
Origin
From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).
Forms
Derived
ankle biter ankle-biter backbiter back biter crib-biter cross-biter day-biter leg biter nail-biter nail biter neckbiter night-biter night biter ox-biter pillar-biter pillow-biter sheep-biter the biter bit toe-biter toe biter tyre biter wart-biter
Noun computing, engineering
- Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.
- The first microprocessor was a 4-bit device called the 4004. Today you can buy 1-bit machines, 4-biters, 8-biters, 12-biters and 16-biters. Which one should you buy, and why? - 1978, Product Engineering, volume 49, page...
- Didn't know it was an 8-biter first, cool. The ST Star Raiders is pretty cool - my fav one yet & worth any $5. - 1994 July 22, Jonathan T. Hunt, “ST Star Raiders”, in rec.games.video.atari (Usenet):
Origin
Etymology tree English bit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English biter From bit + -er.