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beater

/ˈbitə/BEE-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈbitɚ/BEE-tur

Meaningone that beats

Common meaning: a person or tool that beats

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishbeatan‘to beat’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishbetensource
  3. Englishbeat‘to strike repeatedly’
  4. Englishformed in English from beatbeater‘a person or tool that beats’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from beat + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BEAT, p.56 · scan

Source words

  • beatan Old English · source word “to strike repeatedly”

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