biter

a nail-biter

1. Literally, someone who bites their fingernails, especially due to nervousness or agitation. I was a nail-biter at a young age, and, try as I might, I've never managed to shake the habit completely.
2. By extension, a situation, especially a competitive one, whose outcome is particularly close or uncertain and marked by nervous apprehension. Did you catch the football match last Sunday? Man, what a nail-biter! With how close these two candidates are, this election is sure to be a real nail-biter in its final moments.

ankle biter

slang A young child, often a toddler. Hey, I know I said I'd babysit, but I can't watch five ankle biters all by myself!
See also: ankle, biter

knee biter

slang A young child, often a toddler. Hey, I know I said I'd babysit, but I can't watch five knee biters all by myself!
See also: biter, knee

pillow-biter

offensive slang A homosexual male.

the biter bit

dated A person who has committed wrongs is now experiencing the same kind of torment, adversity, etc. She has bullied me for years, and now she's getting a taste of her own medicine. Looks like she is the biter bit. A prankster like him deserves to be the target of his own tricks once in a while. The biter bit, we would call him back home.
See also: bit, biter

the biter gets bit

A person who has committed wrongs is now experiencing the same kind of torment, adversity, etc. She has bullied me for years, and now she's getting a taste of her own medicine. Looks like the biter is getting bit. Ah ha, the biter gets bit! A prankster deserves to be the target of his own tricks once in a while.
See also: bit, biter, get

the biter is bit

dated A person who has committed wrongs is now experiencing the same kind of torment, adversity, etc. She has bullied me for years, and now she's getting a taste of her own medicine. Looks like the biter is bit. Ah ha, the biter is bit! A prankster deserves to be the target of his own tricks once in a while.
See also: bit, biter

the biter is sometimes bit

proverb A person who has committed wrongs often ends up experiencing the same kind of torment, adversity, etc. She has bullied me for years, and now she's getting a taste of her own medicine. I guess the biter is sometimes bit. A prankster like him deserves to be the target of his own tricks once in a while. The biter is sometimes bit, as they say.
See also: bit, biter, sometimes
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rug rat

Sl. a small child, especially an infant or toddler. (Also a term of address.) You got any rug rats at your house? Hey, you cute little rug rat, come over here.
See also: rat, rug
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

the biter gets bit

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED
You say the biter gets bit to mean that someone suffers as a result of their own actions, especially when they were intending to hurt someone else. Sympathy seldom abounds when the biter gets bit. Note: `Biter' is an old word meaning a swindler (= person who cheats people out of money).
See also: bit, biter, get
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

the biter bit (or bitten)

a person who has done harm has been harmed in a similar way.
Biter was a late 17th-century term for a fraudster or trickster. In this sense it now survives only in this phrase.
2000 Locus The most common plot device in Lee's stories is the classic ‘biter bitten’ resolution.
See also: bit, biter
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

the biter ˈbit

the person who wanted to do harm, cheat somebody, etc., has harm done to them, is cheated, etc: It was a case of the biter bit — she’d tried to make him look foolish and ended up being ridiculed herself.
See also: bit, biter
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

biter

1. n. a thief. (see also bite.) Some biter made off with my algebra book.
2. n. someone who copies someone else. (From the first sense.) That’s my steelo, you biter!

rug rat

and ankle biter
n. a child. Hey, you cute little rug rat, come over here. I got three little ankle biters at home.
See also: rat, rug

ankle biter

verb
See rug rat
See also: ankle, biter
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a nail-biter
  • hang on by (one's) fingernails
  • cling on by (one's) fingernails
  • wade in
  • wade in(to something)
  • wade into
  • to the quick
  • bite nails
  • bite one's nails
  • bite your nails/fingernails
References in periodicals archive
Male dogs comprised 71.3% (92/129) of the biter dog population, while 28.7% (37/129) of biter dogs were female.
Reassure the biter that she is still loved and that you still care for her.
Mr Gardner, who now lives in Newquay, said he was "really enjoying" training others on HMS Biter.
Mari Berllan Biter According to legend, Mari Berllan Biter roamed the farms of Cardiganshire in the 19th century with an empty basket on her arm.
Rev David Hull said biter Suarez could learn from "Gentleman" Jim, who died aged 90 last month.
Patrol vessel HMS Biter will make a special visit to Canning Half-Tide Dock bringing a model of HMS Campanula - the corvette on which Liverpool novelist Nicholas Monsarrat served during World War II.
But the biter was quietly put on the next plane back to Australia and out of the game for ever.
No, I suspect The Biter will be eyeing similar god-like status as a bad boy whose footballing genius overrides everything.
Lee-Anne Sweet, 33, is the manager of the new Nails Inc within Debenhams, MetroCentre, Gateshead, but confesses she's a nail biter.
His fully voiced performance is excellent and turns this story into a real "nail biter."
There can be only one choice to referee November's Hong Kong heavyweight horror show between biter Mike Tyson and low-blow expert Andrew Golota.
The insect, which has spread rapidly through the Southeast and Midwest, "is a very aggressive biter," Mitchell says.
"This is a very aggressive mosquito -- a very aggressive biter," says CDC entomologist Chester G.
Whether the biter is a Hollywood Smiler or Sociable Biters, the key is the shape, size and dimensions of the teethmarks left behind.
EVERTON and Liverpool will go back to the future to celebrate their first derby clash hours before the Anfield nail biter kicks off.