beater
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beater¹
- /ˈbiːtə/ UK
- /ˈbitɚ/ US
- [ˈbiɾɚ] US
Rhymes with -iːtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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”).
noun beaters
- 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.
- A kitchen implement for mixing.
- An implement used to strike certain percussion instruments.
- 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.
- A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
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An old or dilapidated automobile.
Packed merrily into my friends’ beater, an old Ford Pinto, we headed into Jennings, a mostly Black North St. Louis County community heavily patrolled by white officers, to pick up one more college friend.
Similar: banger, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker
- 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.
- 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.
- A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.
- 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. Beaters generally don't sell for much, unless they're a particularly legendary model, and they’re generally sold without the original box or extra laces. Unlike most "worn" sneakers that have been kept as close to perfect as possible, beaters tend to be the shoes used for rainy days and in the gym.
- A durable and usually inexpensive wristwatch.
beater²
- /ˈbiːtə/ UK
- /ˈbitɚ/ US
- [ˈbiɾɚ] US
Rhymes with -iːtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
By shortening from wifebeater.
noun beaters
- A sleeveless undershirt.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: carpet beater, rug beater, baton, scrap, junkyard, crate, junk, bodywork, car, cashier, body, fund, cash, stick, bat, caisse
Translations
Every language
noun an automobile in poor operating condition
| Português | calhambeque, lata-velha |
|---|---|
| Français | bazou |
| Русский | развалю́ха razvaljúxa |
noun a kitchen implement for mixing
| Español | batidor, batidora |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 攪拌器 /搅拌器 jiǎobànqì, 攪打器 /搅打器 jiǎodǎqì |
| Português | batedor, batedeira |
| Deutsch | Schneebesen, Quirl |
| Русский | взбива́лка vzbiválka, колоту́шка kolotúška |
noun stick to play a percussion instrument
| Français | baguette de tambour, batteur |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Stick, Stock, Schlägel |
| Русский | па́лочка páločka, уда́рная па́лочка udárnaja páločka |
Talk about this word "beater." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beater. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. beater. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beater "beater." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beater.Cite this
@misc{beater_2026,
title = {beater},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beater},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
