• Beater

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -iːtÉ™(r)

    Origin 1

    Full definition of beater

    Noun

    beater

    (plural beaters)
    1. Someone or something that beats.
    2. A kitchen implement for mixing.
    3. A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
    4. A man who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, often working in a group.
    5. A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
    6. (US, informal) An automobile in poor operating condition.

    Synonyms

    Origin 2

    By shortening from wife beater.

    Noun

    beater

    (plural beaters)
    1. (US, informal) A sleeveless undershirt.
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