"eggbeater" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-eggbeater.ogg Forms: eggbeaters [plural], egg beater [alternative]
Etymology: From 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. Coordinate_terms (kitchen utensil): eggwhisk, beater, whisk
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-APzsLnhQ Disambiguation of 'kitchen utensil': 84 7 1 5 3
  2. (uncommon, possibly dated) A (wire) whisk. Tags: dated, possibly, uncommon
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-v9S0p80b
  3. A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks.
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-fjU92Oc8
  4. (military, slang) A helicopter. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-gDDXv-So Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (slang) An outboard motor. Tags: slang Translations (kitchen utensil: rotary beater): αβγοδάρτης (avgodártis) [masculine] (Greek), batedeira (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-eggbeater-en-noun-HyulB7-6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 16 8 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 4 8 5 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 3 16 4 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 16 4 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 6 12 15 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 8 15 17 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 6 13 8 66 Disambiguation of 'kitchen utensil: rotary beater': 29 3 10 5 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rotary beater
Categories (other): Kitchenware Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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