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biter

Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪtɚ/

The English word “biter” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A fish that tends to take bait.
  2. A person who takes up an offer or request.
  3. A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
  4. One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
  5. A cheat or fraudster.
  6. A zombie.
  7. Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.

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”).

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