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noun
Agent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: agent, form-of
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noun
A fish that tends to take bait.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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noun
A person who takes up an offer or request.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A cheat or fraudster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A zombie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
someone who bites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: nibbler
History
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”).
Etymology tree English bit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English biter From bit + -er.
