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語源 1

From 中期英語 biter, bitere, equivalent to bite +‎ -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈbaɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbaɪtə/
• 韻: -aɪtə(ɹ)
• Homophone: byter

名詞

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. (figurative) A person who takes up an offer or request.

   I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any biters

4. (curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
5. (slang) One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
6. (obsolete) A cheat or fraudster.
7. (fiction) A zombie.

派生語

語源 2

From bit +‎ -er.

名詞

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 (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.

関連する語

アナグラム

• Berti, Breit, Tiber, rebit, tribe

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *bitr.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbi.ter/

形容詞

biter (comparative biterra, superlative biterest)

1. bitter (taste etc.)
2. bitter, severe, painful, biting
   • Ic [...] bitre breostceare gebiden hæbbe. ― I have endured bitter heart-pain. (The Seafarer)

語形変化

派生語

• biterlīċe
• biternes

派生した語

• Middle English: bitter
  • English: bitter
  • Scots: bittir