eggbeater en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From egg + beater.
Meanings
- A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs.
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(dated, possibly, uncommon) A (wire) whisk.
Taking advantage of the fact that a wire eggbeater of the type shown [pictured: a flat whisk] is so easily fastened between a camera tilt-head and the tripod, one photographer used such a beater to steady his camera […]
1944, Popular Mechanics, page 118:Bleeding.—Bleeding for therapuetic sera are made with trocar and rubber tube into 2-liter Erlenmeyer flasks having a large flat wire eggbeater to support the clot. After the flask is about half-full, it is tilted on the side where the wire is inserted.
1920, William Hallock Park, Public Health and Hygiene: In Contributions by Eminent Authorities, page 57:With a wire eggbeater, lower the oysters into this three or four at a time.
1919, Herald and Presbyter, page 30:
- A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks.
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(slang) A helicopter.
He scanned the horizon to the south, searching in vain for the eggbeater.
2008, George Galdorisi, Thomas Phillips, Leave No Man Behind: The Saga of Combat Search and Rescue:
- (slang) An outboard motor.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| egg beater | alternative | lexicographic | |
| eggbeaters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
eggwhisk (kitchen utensil) · beater (kitchen utensil) · whisk (kitchen utensil)
Deriveds
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Translations (7)
nv ayęęzhii bee ałtah álʼíní (kitchen utensil: rotary beater) · sv visp (kitchen utensil: rotary beater) · de Handrührgerät (kitchen utensil: rotary beater) · ca batedor de varetes (kitchen utensil: rotary beater) · pdt Menjselriera (kitchen utensil: rotary beater) · el αβγοδάρτης (kitchen utensil: rotary beater) · pt batedeira (kitchen utensil: rotary beater)