biter

See also: bíter

English

Etymology 1

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

biter (plural biters)

  1. Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
    Not all dogs are biters.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87:
      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.
  2. (fishing) A fish that tends to take bait.
    • 2007, John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest, page 79:
      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.
  3. (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
  4. (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
  5. (obsolete) A cheat or fraudster.
  6. (fiction) A zombie.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From bit + -er.

Noun

biter (plural biters)

  1. (in combination, computing) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.
    • 1978, Product Engineering, volume 49, page unknown:
      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?
    • 1994 July 22, Jonathan T. Hunt, “ST Star Raiders”, in rec.games.video.atari (Usenet):
      Didn't know it was an 8-biter first, cool. The ST Star Raiders is pretty cool - my fav one yet & worth any $5.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.te/
  • (file)

Verb

biter

  1. (transitive, slang) Alternative form of bitter (to understand) (usually used in negative form and especially with rien)

Etymology 2

From bite.

Verb

biter

  1. to humiliate, con, dupe, deceive
    Oh putain, il m’a bien bité.
    Oh fuck, he got me good.
Conjugation
Synonyms

(humiliate, con, dupe):

Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

biter

  1. to touch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From bite (to bite) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²biːtər/

Noun

biter m (definite singular biteren, indefinite plural bitere, definite plural biterne)

  1. a biter, someone who bites
Derived terms

Noun

biter m

  1. indefinite plural of bit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːtər/

Verb

biter

  1. present tense of bite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːtər/

Verb

biter

  1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of bita

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ter/

Adjective

biter (superlative biterest)

  1. bitter (taste etc.)
  2. bitter, severe, painful, biting
    • Ic [...] bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe.I have endured bitter heart-pain. (The Seafarer)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: bitter

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲidʲer/

Verb

·biter

  1. third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
·biter ·biter
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
·mbiter
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bitter.

Noun

biter n (uncountable)

  1. bitters

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From English bitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐter/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ter

Noun

bìter m (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)

  1. bitter (a bitter drink)
Declension

Etymology 2

From German bitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐter/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ter

Adjective

bìter (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)

  1. bitter, sour (of taste)

References

  • biter” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • biter” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Verb

biter

  1. present indicative of bita

Anagrams

Turkish

Verb

biter

  1. third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek
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