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beat⋅er

  [bee-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that beats.
2. an implement or device for beating something: a rug beater.
3. Hunting. a person who rouses or drives game from cover.
4. Papermaking. a machine for beating half-stuff to pulp by separating and shortening the fibers to produce a gelatinous mass.
5. Textiles. the reed.
6. Newfoundland. a young seal, usually a month to six weeks old, having completely or almost completely shed its initial white fur.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME better. See beat, -er 1
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beat·er   (bē'tər)   
n.  

  1. One that beats, especially a device for beating: a carpet beater.

  2. A person who drives wild game from under cover for a hunter.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry:  beater
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a junky old car
Example:  That beater gets her back and forth to work.
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Slang Dictionary
beater

  1. n.
    a junky old car. : I like my old beater even if it has no bumpers.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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