biter
UK/ˈbaɪtə/US/ˈbaɪtɚ/
biter noun: a fish that tends to take bait. Also the agent noun of bite.
Noun (1)
biter (plural biters)
- 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 Northwest, page 79
- 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.
Noun (2)
biter (plural biters)
- 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 unknown
- 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)
Also used as
biter is also the agent noun of bite.
Examples of biter in a sentence
- It was a real nail biter waiting for the test results.
- “Well, Mose's Landing now has over one hundred people, with a couple dozen leg biters.
- I leave that for the dregs of the personal-injury biters.
Forms of biter
| plural | biters |
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Origin of biter
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.
Words formed from biter
Phrases with biter
Words that rhyme with biter
Questions about biter
- What does biter mean?
- Biter means a fish that tends to take bait.
- What part of speech is biter?
- Biter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce biter?
- Biter is pronounced /ˈbaɪtɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of biter?
- The plural of biter is biters.
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Source and license
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