Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the biter bit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: the biter bit
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hurt person who has hurt others in the past.

British usage

Example Sentences

"In a case of “the biter, bit”, ex-News of the World journalist, Andrea Vance, had her emails accessed and her movements tracked by the civil service."
"There was a bit of a Twitter storm recently after a bordeaux producer suggested that half the wine critics who rated the en primeur releases didn’t know their fundaments from their elbows. Well, fair enough, the biter bit and all that – chefs often have a go at restaurant critics, too."

Etymology

Ellipsis of the biter (is) bit.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

the biter, bit (alternative) the biter bitten (alternative)

Phrases

beat someone at their own game turn the tables

Frequently Paired Words

beat someone at their own game turn the tables

Questions

What does the biter bit mean?: A hurt person who has hurt others in the past.
Where does the biter bit come from?: Ellipsis of the biter (is) bit.

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