beater
English
/ˈbiːtə/, /ˈbitɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Someone or something that beats.
- A kitchen implement for mixing.
- A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
- A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, often working in a group.
- A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
- (US) An automobile in poor operating condition.
- 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.
- (Canada) A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English beter inherited from Old English bēatere (fighter, a beater, champion) suffix from English beat.
Origin
English
beat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurobeat English
- Merseybeat English
- abeat English
- afrobeat English
- afterbeat English
- backbeat English
- beat English
- beatable English
- beatbox English
- beatdown English
- beatee English
- beaten English
- beatest English
- beateth English
- beatless English
- beatmaker English
- beatmatching English
- beatscape English
- beatsman English
- beatsmith English
- bluebeat English
- breakbeat English
- browbeat English
- carpet English
- carpetbeater English
- counterbeat English
- downbeat English
- drum English
- drumbeat English
- drumbeater English
- egg English
- eggbeater English
- fare English
- farebeater English
- forbeat English
- forebeat English
- freakbeat English
- gold English
- gold-beater English
- goldbeater English
- heartbeat English
- hoofbeat English
- hyperbeat English
- inbeat English
- interbeat English
- midbeat English
- misbeat English
- offbeat English
- onbeat English
- overbeat English
- pulsebeat English
- silver English
- silverbeater English
- swingbeat English
- tailbeat English
- tobeat English
- unbeatability English
- unbeatable English
- upbeat English
- wife English
- wifebeater English
- wingbeat English
- worldbeat English
- beat Finnish
- beat Italian
- beat Dutch, Flemish
- bēatere Old English
- beten Middle English
- beter Middle English
- goldbeter Middle English
- ibhithi Zulu
- bit Nigerian Pidgin
- egg
- wife
- beat
- fare
- drum
- gold
- abeat
- inbeat
- onbeat
- tobeat
- beaten
- upbeat
- silver
- beatee
- carpet
- midbeat
- beateth
- beatbox
- forbeat
- misbeat
- beatest
- offbeat
- backbeat
- drumbeat
- wingbeat
- hoofbeat
- beatable
- tailbeat
- forebeat
- bluebeat
- beatsman
- afrobeat
- beatless
- downbeat
- beatdown
- Eurobeat
- browbeat
- overbeat
- hyperbeat
- afterbeat
- freakbeat
- swingbeat
- pulsebeat
- eggbeater
- breakbeat
- beatsmith
- heartbeat
- beatscape
- interbeat
- beatmaker
- worldbeat
- farebeater
- Merseybeat
- drumbeater
- unbeatable
- wifebeater
- goldbeater
- counterbeat
- gold-beater
- beatmatching
- silverbeater
- carpetbeater
- unbeatability