beater
/ˈbiːtə/US/ˈbitɚ/
beater noun: someone or something that beats.
Noun (1)
beater (plural 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.1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 94
- 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.1934, George Orwell, chapter 14, in Burmese Days
- "Our beaters are doing a marvellous job, just listen to them, will you?"1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 158
- A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
- 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.2020 July 14, Ron Stodghill, “Black Behind the Wheel”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- banger, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust
- 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.2015 July 22, Josh Chesler, “10 Sneaker Terms You Need to Know When Getting Into Kicks”, in Pheonix New Times
- What constitutes a beater varies from person to person — some might consider affordable sneakers like the Vans Sk8-Hi or a pair of Nike Air Force 1s a pair worth beating to death, while other sneakerheads might discover that one of their favorite "hyped" sneakers just naturally becomes a beater...2018 September 11, Fabian Gorsler, “Industry Insiders Reveal Their Favorite Beater Sneakers”, in Highsnobiety
- A durable and usually inexpensive wristwatch.
Noun (2)
beater (plural beaters)
- A sleeveless undershirt.
beater meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
beater in Hindi
- बीटर
beater in Tamil
- பஞ்சடிப்பான், அடித்துத் துவைப்பதற்குரிய கருவி
beater in Marathi
- बीटर
beater in Urdu
- beater, striker; slayer
- زن zan
More languagesFewer languages
- beater in Bengali
- আঘাতকারী, প্রহারকারী, ডিম, ক্রিম ফেটানোর যন্ত্র
- beater in Telugu
- బీటర్
- beater in Malayalam
- ബീറ്റർ
- beater in Kannada
- ಬೀಟರ್
- beater in Punjabi
- ਬੀਟਰ
- beater in Gujarati
- બીટર
- beater in Odia
- ବୀଟର, ବୀଟର୍
- beater in Nepali
- बीटर
Examples of beater in a sentence
- This rickety beater of a car isn’t worth repairing anymore.
- I can't remember a time in my life before I licked the beaters clean.
- I throw on some of those and wife beater and lounge in my house watching TV.
Synonyms of beater
13 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of beater
| plural | beaters |
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Origin of beater
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.
Words formed from beater
- bare beater
- beaterman
- beater-upper
- Bible beater
- buzzer beater
- buzzer-beater
- carpet beater
- carpet-beater
- daily beater
- dew-beater
- drumbeater
- dust beater
- egg beater
- eggbeater
- farebeater
- fire beater
- goldbeater
- gold-beater
- Hollander beater
- panel beater
- rotary beater
- rug beater
- silverbeater
- wife-beater
- wife beater
- world-beater
Words that rhyme with beater
Questions about beater
- What does beater mean?
- Beater means someone or something that beats.
- What is beater in Hindi?
- Beater in Hindi is बीटर. See Beater meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is beater?
- Beater is a noun.
- How do you pronounce beater?
- Beater is pronounced /ˈbiːtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of beater?
- The plural of beater is beaters.
Words near beater in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beater (page history and authors); beater (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beater (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beater (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); زن (Urdu) (page history and authors); beater (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beater (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beater (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beater (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beater (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beater (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beater (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beater (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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