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Definition: Biter |
BiterNoun1. Someone who bites. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "biter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her a-se; a lascivious, rampant wench. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Retaliation | Give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Biter |
| English words defined with "biter": bit, bitten ♦ nibbler ♦ stung ♦ Wolf fish. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "biter": BACK BITER ♦ Catch a Tartar. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "biter": Bitterness. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Biter" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Turkish (exhaustible). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, he's a Rock Biter. (Unendliche Geschichte, Die; writing credit: Michael Ende; Wolfgang Petersen) Please don't make any sudden movements, he's a fear biter. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Bitten Biter (1920) Garibin çilesi ölünce biter (1979) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | In New York Harbor, 23 May 1942, after her last overhaul. HMS Biter (British Escort Aircraft Carrier, 1942) is in the left background, partially hidden by Quincy's bow. Credit: NAVY. |  | The Reforming constable, or, The biter bit / Capt H---invt ; Cap B-- Sculp. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Biter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Biter" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "biter": back biter ♦ stone biter ♦ the biter bit ♦ Toe biter ♦ willow biter. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "biter": biter-bit. | |
Ending with "biter": carpet-biter, Crib-biter, Elf-biter, nail-biter, pillow-biter, wart-biter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
biter | 21 |
biter pillow | 12 |
ankle biter | 9 |
nail biter | 6 |
biter bow | 6 |
biter cock | 4 |
biter toe | 3 |
biter butt | 3 |
ball biter | 2 |
biter tire | 2 |
biter city fantasy in three | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "biter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | който хапе (snappish, snappy). (various references) | |
Greek | ο κυνηγός κυνηγημένος (the biter bitten). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שכן (stinger). (various references) | |
Hungarian | harapós állat. (various references) | |
Manx | greimmeyder (fixative, grab, grabber, grasper, holder, mordant, snapper, sticker, stitcher). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iterbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vigarista (adventurer, bilk, black list, cheat, pettifogger, pettifogging, sharp, sharper, slicker, swindler, trickster), animal que morde. (various references) | |
Romanian | pungaş (cheat, Cutpurse, duffer, fraud, gun, jockey, juggler, knave, lurcher, manipulator, mountebank, pickpocket, pilferer, prig, rascal, rogue, rook, rough, scab, shark, snap, swindler, thief), escroc (bilk, blackguard, blackleg, carpet bagger, charlatan, cheat, crook, desperado, double-dealer, duffer, faker, fraud, gambler, gamester, gouge, gyp, impostor, jockey, juggler, knave, mountebank, rogue, rook, scab, shark, sharp, sharper, snap, swindler), animal care muşcã. (various references) | |
Russian | тот, кто кусает. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lupež (blackleg), životinja koja ujeda. (various references) | |
Spanish | el cazador cazado (the biter bit). (various references) | |
Turkish | ısıran kimse. (various references) | |
Turkmen | tyg (blade, edge, Tyg яarasy biter). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật cắn bợm gi mắc bẫy cò ke, người cắn. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "biter": biters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "biter": arbiter, backbiter, inhabiter, orbiter, rabbiter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "biter": arbiters, backbiters, inhabiters, orbiters, rabbiters. (additional references) | |
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"Biter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bacter, baitert, Bater, batir, beeter, beter, betera, betere, betir, bexter, bicer, Bichitr, bider, bidir, biet, bifte, biftek, biger, bilter, bimer, biner, Biotex, birer, Bishari, Bishr, bister, bita, bitar, Bitat, bitel, bitern, bitey, bither, Bitner, bitod, bitor, bitr, bittar, bitte, bitu, Bitzer, bizer, Blitar, bliter, blitter, blter, bnter, Bojtar, Boter, bot'er, Botur, Boyter, Brister, briter, Buiter, buter, butir, bycer, byter, bytery, ibte, viter, ziter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "biter" (pronounced bī"ter) |
| 3 | -ī" t er | brighter, fighter, lighter, miter, mitre, overnighter, Righter, tighter, whiter, writer. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tribe. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-r-t" | |
-1 letter: bier, bite, brie, brit, rite, tier, tire. | |
-2 letters: bet, bit, ire, reb, rei, ret, rib, tie. | |
-3 letters: be, bi, er, et, it, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-r-t" | |
+1 letter: baiter, barite, begirt, bestir, bister, bistre, biters, bitter, rebait, riblet, terbia, terbic, timber, timbre, tribes. | |
+2 letters: arbiter, baiters, barefit, barites, battier, bedirty, bestirs, bestrid, biretta, birthed, bisters, bistred, bistres, bittern, bitters, bittier, blister, blither, bornite, brevity, briquet, brisket, bristle, brittle, bruited, bruiter, burkite, bustier, deorbit, driblet, filbert, gilbert, imbrute, liberty, librate, orbiest, orbited, orbiter, rarebit, rebaits, rebirth, rebuilt, redbait, reitbok, riblets, rubiest, terbias, terbium, terebic, timbers, timbrel, timbres, triable, tribade, tribune, tribute, tubbier, turbine, vibrate. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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