biter

Meaning

Noun

• ; someone or something who tends to bite.
• A fish that tends to take bait.
• A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
• One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
• A cheat or fraudster.
• A zombie.
• Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.

Origin

• From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter, Dutch bijter, German Low German Bieter, German Beißer.
• From bit + -er.