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Dictionary: beat·er   ('tər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that beats, especially a device for beating: a carpet beater.
  2. A person who drives wild game from under cover for a hunter.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter

Meaning #2: an implement for beating


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The term beater has several meanings.

  • For the implements used in playing some percussion instruments, see drum stick.
  • For the position in the game of Quidditch described in the Harry Potter series of novels, see Quidditch.
  • Another name for Glamdring, Gandalf's sword in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
  • Beater (weaving), a tool used to force woven yarn into place
  • A beater is also a machine used to pulverize wood pulp in the paper-making process.
  • In hunting, a beater is a man who beats for game.
  • A beater is one of the rapidly rotating attachments on a mixer as used in cooking. In this context, it is sometimes referred to as an egg beater.
  • Beater may refer to a vehicle, typically a car, that is in very poor condition, or that has been modified in a crude or ugly fashion, but remains in use.
  • Beater can be a contraction of "wife beater", a colloquialism for a sleeveless shirt.
  • A beater is a young harp or grey seal in the age between approximately 3-4 weeks and one year

Translations: Beater
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klapper

Nederlands (Dutch)
klutser, stamper, drijver, (matten)klopper

Français (French)
n. - tapette (tapis), fouet, batteur, (Tex) peigne, rabatteur (à la chasse)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlaggerät, Klopfer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χτυπητήρι (π.χ. αβγών), δάρτης, ξεσκονιστήρι

Italiano (Italian)
battitore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - batedeira (f), pilão (m)

Русский (Russian)
веничек, человек или прибор избить

Español (Spanish)
n. - batidor, batidora, sacudidor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klubba, stöd, drevkarl

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
敲打者, 拍打器, 赶出猎物的人, 打蛋器

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 敲打者, 拍打器, 趕出獵物的人, 打蛋器

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 치는 사람, 몰이꾼, 두드리는 기구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 打つ器具, かき混ぜ器, 勢子, 打つ人, 打つ道具, 攪拌器

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مخفقه, مضرب, مطارد الصيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחבט, מקצף-ביצים, מבריח (עופות בציד)‬


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