What does "beater" mean?
Someone or something that beats.
Beater
/ˈbiːtə/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Someone or something that beats.
- Grammar: beater is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: abuser, agitator, assailant, big game hunter.
- Usage evidence: Sami was a cheater and a beater.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 A sleeveless undershirt. US, informal
- 3 an implement for beating wordnet
- 4 A kitchen implement for mixing.
- 5 a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter wordnet
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- 6 A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
- 7 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."
- 8 A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
- 9 An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition. US, informal
"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."
- 10 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.
- 11 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.
- 12 A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult. Canada
- 13 A shoe suitable for everyday wear, during which they may get dirty or scuffed, as opposed to more valuable shoes that one wishes to keep in good condition. informal
"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."
- 14 A durable and usually inexpensive wristwatch. informal
Example
"Sami was a cheater and a beater."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "beater"?
Common synonyms include: abuser, agitator, assailant, big game hunter, blender, bully.
How do you use "beater" in a sentence?
Sami was a cheater and a beater.
How do you pronounce "beater"?
Pronounced /ˈbiːtə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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”).
Etymology 2
By shortening from wifebeater.