beater

noun12

1. •
   Someone or something that beats.

   • His batwings were somehow more frightening for being the pathetic broken floundering things they were than if they had been strong, muscular beaters of the air. — 1982
2. •
   A kitchen implement for mixing.
3. •
   An implement used to strike certain percussion instruments.
4. •
   A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.

   • The beaters halted in a group to watch, and some of them could not refrain from clicking their tongues; they thought it queer and rather shocking to see a woman handle a gun. — 1934
5. •
   A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
6. •
   A weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. It contains the comb-like insert reed and is sometimes a part of the loom.
7. •
   In the sport Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player a who attempts to hit the opposing team's players with bludgers and to block the bludgers from hitting their own team's players.
8. •
   (US, informal) An old or dilapidated automobile.
9. •
   (informal) A shoe suitable for everyday wear, during which it may get dirty or scuffed, as opposed to more valuable shoes that one wishes to keep in good condition.

   • 5 low-key footwear brands making the trusty summer beater feel exciting again. — 2022
10. •
    (informal) A durable and usually inexpensive wristwatch.
11. •
    (US, informal) A sleeveless undershirt.
12. •
    (Canada) A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.