biter
/ˈbaɪtɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Agent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
noun
A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
noun
A zombie.
Example Sentences
- "Not all dogs are biters."
- "Careful—She's a biter!"
- "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."
- "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."
- "I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any biters"
- "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?"
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbaɪtɚ/
- British English: /ˈbaɪtə/