biter

plural biters

1. agentAgent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite.

   Not all dogs are biters.

   2 more examples

   Careful—She's a biter!

   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.

   2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87

2. fishingA fish that tends to take bait.

   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.

   2007, John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest, page 79

3. figurativelyA person who takes up an offer or request.

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

4. ball gamesA stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
5. slangOne who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
6. obsoleteA cheat or fraudster.
7. fictionA zombie.

plural biters

1. in compoundscomputingSomething (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits.

   Didn't know it was an 8-biter first, cool. The ST Star Raiders is pretty cool - my fav one yet & worth any $5.

   1994 July 22, Jonathan T. Hunt, “ST Star Raiders”, in rec.games.video.atari (Usenet)

   1 more example

   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?

   1978, Product Engineering, volume 49, page unknown