Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which bites; an animal given to biting; a fish apt to take bait.
- noun One who cheats or defrauds; also, formerly, one who deceives by way of joke.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.
- noun colloq. One who cheats; a sharper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofbite ; someone of something who bites. - noun curling A
stone that barely touches the outside of thehouse . - noun slang One who
plagiarizes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who bites
Etymologies
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Examples
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It sounds like the biter is still on his acid trip from the 60 s.
Man says he lost part of finger in fight at health-care rally 2009
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When my own son was in preschool, there was a "biter" in the classroom and a group of parents were adamant about trying to get a toddler removed from the school rather than figuring out a way with the teacher and family to change her behavior.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Friend or Foe: Don't mess with my kid 2010
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When my own son was in preschool, there was a "biter" in the classroom and a group of parents were adamant about trying to get a toddler removed from the school rather than figuring out a way with the teacher and family to change her behavior.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Friend or Foe: Don't mess with my kid 2010
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He was known as a biter, which would’ve made him awfully hard to adopt!
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As the chopped and screwed hook stutters along over jacked-straight-from-Inglish minimalism, whispers of "biter" enter the mind.
Cokemachineglow.com 2009
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"biter", and still every now and then we'd be unable to stop him biting someone.
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I see I've attracted an ankle-biter with a Sonoma County pedigree.
Pedestrian Friendly? 2009
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Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle's confidence remains unbowed, even as many predict that her battle against Harry Reid today will be a nail-biter.
Sharron Angle Sounds Triumphant Tone In Election Day Release The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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After a nail-biter of a race, and days of counting absentee and contested ballots, it became clear that Murkowski had no chance of victory and she conceded the race.
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Internal Emails Show Joe Miller Campaign Distancing Itself From Tea Party "AKMuckraker" 2010
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"It was a bit of a nail-biter," said Rory Bruer, Sony's head of distribution.
Justin Bieber Vs. Sandler, Aniston: Super Tight Box Office Battle AP 2011
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