beater
pronunciation
How to pronounce beater in British English:
UK [ˈbi:tə(r)]
How to pronounce beater in American English:
US [ˈbitɚ]
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- Noun:
- a worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter
- an implement for beating
Word Origin
- beater (n.)
- mid-14c., "an implement for beating;" mid-15c., "a person who punishes" (c. 1200 as a surname); agent noun from beat (v.). Of various mechanical devices that "beat" in some sense from early 17c. Meaning "one who rouses game" is from 1825. Slang meaning "old car" is from c. 1980.
Example
- 1. We 're on to you , wife beater .
- 2. He was wearing a black wife beater , with baggy jeans .
- 3. His biography reveals him to be a wife beater and a druggie .
- 4. He is a scandalous wife beater .
- 5. You 'd make a fair beater .