beater
/ˈbitɚ/noun
beater is spelled B-E-A-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, beater means “Someone or something that beats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of beater is beaters.
How many letters and syllables are in beater?
| Letters | 6: B-E-A-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is beater?
Beater appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce beater?
- UK /ˈbiːtə/
- US /ˈbitɚ/
- US [ˈbiɾɚ]
Beater has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-beater.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with beater?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as beater from its last stressed vowel (/itəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rebate, berate.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of beater
- beaters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does beater mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone or something that beats.
- 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.
- 5
A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
- 6
USinformalAn old or dilapidated automobile.
- 7
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.
- 8
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.
- 9
USinformalA sleeveless undershirt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Beater in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schneebesen, Quirl , Stick, Stock, Schlägel , Treiber |
| Portuguese | batedor, batedeira , calhambeque, lata-velha |
| Spanish | batidor, batidora , montero |
| French | baguette de tambour, batteur , rabatteur , bazou |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does beater come from?
From Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English bēatere (“a beater; boxer, fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat + -er. Related to beetle (“a type of mallet”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).