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plural biters
Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite. quotations examples
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.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87
(fishing) A fish that tends to take bait. quotations examples
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.
2007, John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest, page 79
(curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house. examples
(slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
(obsolete) A cheat or fraudster.
(fiction) A zombie. examples
(in combination, computing) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits. quotations examples
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?
1978, Product Engineering, volume 49, page unknown
Didn't know it was an 8-biter first, cool. The ST Star Raiders is pretty cool - my fav one yet & worth any $5.
1994 July 22, Jonathan T. Hunt, “ST Star Raiders”, in rec.games.video.atari (Usenet)