Biter
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite. agent, form-of
"Not all dogs are biters."
- 2 Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits. in-compounds
"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?"
- 3 someone who bites wordnet
- 4 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."
- 5 A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
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- 6 One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop. slang
- 7 A cheat or fraudster. obsolete
- 8 A zombie.
Example
More examples"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. Just who the biters were remains a mystery, but I think something goes wrong when a fundamentally herbivorous creature acquires a taste for flesh."
Etymology
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”).
From bit + -er.
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