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biter.

Agent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaɪtɚ/General-American/ˈbaɪtə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Agent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite.

    agent · form-of
    Not all dogs are biters.
    Careful—She's a biter!
  2. A fish that tends to take bait.

  3. A person who takes up an offer or request.

    figuratively
    I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any biters
  4. A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.

  5. One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.

    slang
  6. A cheat or fraudster.

    obsolete
  7. A zombie.

Where this word comes from

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”).

noun
  1. Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.

    in-compounds
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English bit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English biter From bit + -er.

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