dasher

[ dash-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that dashes. dash.
a kind of plunger with paddles at one end, for stirring and mixing liquids or semisolids in a churn, ice-cream freezer, or the like.
a person of dashing dash dashing appearance or manner.

dasher

/ ˈdæʃə /

Origin of dasher¹

First recorded in 1780–90; dash ¹ + -er ¹

Mother thinks a dash-churn, stand and flap the dasher straight up and down till your arms and legs give out, is the best kind.

He was just lifting the dasher when his mother heard the kittens mewing and took them out.

To make the mixture of uniform consistency, it is usually agitated by means of a dasher during the freezing process.

Also, the texture of the finished product is not, as a rule, equal to that of the dessert made in a freezer turned with a dasher.

How does the rate of speed in turning the dasher affect the freezing of a dessert?

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