noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that beats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
beater
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbiːtə/
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General-American: /ˈbitɚ/
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General-American: [ˈbiɾɚ]
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rhymes with -iːtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B IY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A kitchen implement for mixing.
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noun
Meaning 3
A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: drum stick
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.
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noun
Meaning 5
A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
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noun
Meaning 6
An old or dilapidated automobile.
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Usage: US, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: banger, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, flivver, gas guzzler, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, shed, shitpot, shitcan, shitbucket, tin Lizzie
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noun
Meaning 7
A weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. It contains the comb-like insert reed and is sometimes a part of the loom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
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noun
Meaning 8
In the sport Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player a who attempts to hit the opposing team's players with bludgers and to block the bludgers from hitting their own team's players.
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noun
Meaning 9
A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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noun
Meaning 10
A shoe suitable for everyday wear, during which it may get dirty or scuffed, as opposed to more valuable shoes that one wishes to keep in good condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 11
A durable and usually inexpensive wristwatch.
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Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 12
A sleeveless undershirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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noun
Meaning 13
an implement for beating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: implement
Narrower terms: carpet beater, rug beater, eggbeater, eggwhisk
noun
Meaning 14
a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
From Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English bēatere (“a beater; boxer, fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat + -er. Related to beetle (“a type of mallet”).
By shortening from wifebeater.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: տափանահար (tapʻanahar) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Bulgarian: бъркалка (bǎrkalka) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Chinese Mandarin: 攪拌器 /搅拌器 (jiǎobànqì) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Chinese Mandarin: 攪打器 /搅打器 (jiǎodǎqì) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Dutch: klopper — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Finnish: vispilä — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Georgian: მცემელი (mcemeli) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Georgian: გამლახველი (gamlaxveli) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- German: Schneebesen — a kitchen implement for mixing
- German: Quirl — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Icelandic: þeytari — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Māori: kurutangi — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Portuguese: batedor — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Portuguese: batedeira — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Russian: взбива́лка (vzbiválka) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Russian: колоту́шка (kolotúška) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Spanish: batidor — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Spanish: batidora — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Ukrainian: збива́лка (zbyválka) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Ukrainian: колоті́вка (kolotívka) — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Uzbek: savagʻich — a kitchen implement for mixing
- Bulgarian: палка (palka) — stick to play a percussion instrument
- Dutch: trommelstok — stick to play a percussion instrument
- French: baguette de tambour — stick to play a percussion instrument
- French: batteur — stick to play a percussion instrument
- Galician: baqueta — stick to play a percussion instrument
- German: Stick — stick to play a percussion instrument
- German: Stock — stick to play a percussion instrument
- German: Schlägel — stick to play a percussion instrument
- Russian: па́лочка (páločka) — stick to play a percussion instrument
- Russian: уда́рная па́лочка (udárnaja páločka) — stick to play a percussion instrument
- Uzbek: savachoʻp — stick to play a percussion instrument
- Dutch: drijver — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Finnish: ajomies — person who drives game towards the shooters
- French: rabatteur — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Georgian: მომრეკი (momreḳi) — person who drives game towards the shooters
- German: Treiber — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Polish: naganiacz — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Portuguese: batedor — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Russian: заго́нщик (zagónščik) — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Spanish: montero — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Uzbek: savagʻich — person who drives game towards the shooters
- Dutch: wrak — an automobile in poor operating condition
- Esperanto: aŭtaĉo — an automobile in poor operating condition
- Finnish: autonrämä — an automobile in poor operating condition
- French: bazou — an automobile in poor operating condition
- Portuguese: calhambeque — an automobile in poor operating condition
- Portuguese: lata-velha — an automobile in poor operating condition
- Russian: развалю́ха (razvaljúxa) — an automobile in poor operating condition
- Bulgarian: ватал (vatal) — part of a loom
- Bulgarian: ватъл (vatǎl) — part of a loom
- Bulgarian: вътъл (vǎtǎl) — part of a loom
- Bulgarian: вътел (vǎtel) — part of a loom
- Polish: bidło — part of a loom
- Bulgarian: потник (potnik) — A sleeveless undershirt
- Georgian: საწეწი (sac̣ec̣i) — A sleeveless undershirt
- Georgian: სატყეპელი (saṭq̇eṗeli) — A sleeveless undershirt
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