beater

Meanings

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Common collocations

• carpet beater Noun + noun

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.

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