Meanings
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1
noun
a person employed during a hunt to drive birds or other game out of cover toward the hunters
The beater moved through the thicket, striking the brush to flush out the pheasants.
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2
noun
a tool or mechanical part used for striking, mixing, or whipping something repeatedly
She removed the beater from the mixer and scraped the batter into the bowl.
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3
noun
a person or thing that repeatedly strikes someone or something, especially in a compound
The old carpet beater hung beside the utility-room door.
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Etymology
From Middle English beter and Old English beatere, 'one who beats,' formed from beat + -er. The general agent noun developed specialized senses for implements that strike or mix and for workers who beat vegetation to drive game toward hunters.