Beater

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The term beater has several meanings.

  • For the implements used in playing some percussion instruments, see drum stick.
  • For the position in the game of Quidditch described in the Harry Potter series of novels, see Quidditch.
  • Another name for Glamdring, Gandalf's sword in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."
  • Beater (weaving), a tool used to force woven yarn into place
  • A beater is also a machine used to pulverize wood pulp in the paper-making process.
  • A beater is a term for a car that has long ago seen its better days; a "junkmobile", "banger" or a jalopy; one that you almost would pay somebody to take off your hands rather than pay money to fix it up.
  • A beater is a term used by a watch collector for a less valuable watch worn in conditions where it might be damaged.
  • In hunting, a beater is a man who beats for game.
  • A beater is one of the rapidly rotating attachments on a mixer as used in cooking. In this context, it is sometimes referred to as an egg beater.
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