beater
noun /ˈbiːtə(r)/
/ˈbiːtər/
- (often in compounds) a tool used for beating things
- a carpet beater
- an egg beater
- a person employed to drive birds and animals out of bushes, etc., into the open, so they can be shot for sport
- -beater(in compounds) a person who hits someone
- a wife-beater
- (North American English) (British English banger)(informal) an old car that is in bad conditionTopics Transport by car or lorryc2 see also world-beater