See also: bíter

English

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Etymology 1

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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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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.
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Etymology 2

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From bit +‎ -er.

Noun

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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[1] (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.
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French

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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biter

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

Etymology 2

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From bite.

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biter

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

Gallo

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

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biter

  1. to touch

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From bite (to bite) +‎ -er.

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

  1. a biter, someone who bites
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Noun

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biter m

  1. indefinite plural of bit

Etymology 2

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biter

  1. present tense of bite

Norwegian Nynorsk

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biter

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

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

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Adjective

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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)

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: bitter

Old Irish

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Verb

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·biter

  1. third-person plural future passive conjunct of benaid

Mutation

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Bitter.

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biter n (uncountable)

  1. bitters

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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From English bitter.

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

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bìter m (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)

  1. bitter (a bitter drink)
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Etymology 2

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From German bitter.

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

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bìter (Cyrillic spelling бѝтер)

  1. bitter, sour (of taste)

References

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

Swedish

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Verb

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biter

  1. present indicative of bita

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Turkish

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Verb

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biter

  1. third-person singular indicative aorist of bitmek