"eggbeater" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-eggbeater.ogg [Australia] Forms: eggbeaters [plural]
Etymology: egg + beater Etymology templates: {{compound|en|egg|beater}} egg + beater Head templates: {{en-noun}} eggbeater (plural eggbeaters)
  1. A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs. Categories (topical): Kitchenware Coordinate_terms (kitchen utensil): eggwhisk, beater, whisk
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-APzsLnhQ Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 12 35 9 14 31 Disambiguation of 'kitchen utensil': 81 9 1 6 4
  2. (uncommon, possibly dated) A (wire) whisk. Tags: dated, possibly, uncommon Categories (topical): Kitchenware
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-v9S0p80b Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 12 35 9 14 31
  3. A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks.
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-fjU92Oc8
  4. (military, slang) A helicopter. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military, Kitchenware
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-gDDXv-So Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 12 35 9 14 31 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (slang) An outboard motor. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Kitchenware
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-HyulB7-6 Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 12 35 9 14 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 16 7 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 3 15 16 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rotary beater, egg beater

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