beaters

4 definitions • 4 examples

a device that is used for repeatedly hitting something, especially in order to clean it, or for mixing foods. Beater is often used as a combining form:

an electric beater

a carpet beater

an egg beater

used as a combining form to refer to a person who repeatedly hits people, especially members of their family:

a wife-beater

a person paid by people hunting to force birds and animals into a place where they can be seen and therefore shot

a device used for mixing foods