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In some senses, beater is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
beater
UK /ˈbiːtə/ US /ˈbitɚ/
noun 6
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, old
VERB + BEATER
borrow
BEATER + NOUN
wife
ADV.
always, always, once
Definitions
noun
1
Someone or something that beats.
His batwings were somehow more frightening for being the pathetic broken floundering things they were than if they had been strong, muscular beaters of the air.
2
A kitchen implement for mixing.
3
A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
4
A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.
The beaters halted in a group to watch, and some of them could not refrain from clicking their tongues; they thought it queer and rather shocking to see a woman handle a gun.
"Our beaters are doing a marvellous job, just listen to them, will you?"
5
A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
noun
1
A sleeveless undershirt.
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His batwings were somehow more frightening for being the pathetic broken floundering things they were than if they had been strong, muscular beaters of the air.
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The beaters halted in a group to watch, and some of them could not refrain from clicking their tongues; they thought it queer and rather shocking to see a woman handle a gun.
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"Our beaters are doing a marvellous job, just listen to them, will you?"
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Sami was a cheater and a beater.
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His old beater is all dented.
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Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her beater.
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