Beater may refer to:
Music
*Any of various types of
percussion mallet
A percussion mallet or beater is an object used to strike or beat a percussion instrument to produce its sound.
The term beater is slightly more general. A mallet is normally held in the hand while a beater may be a foot or mechanically operat ...
s
** A
rute
** The striking part of a
Bass drum pedal
The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter usually greater than its depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. The he ...
** The cipín used for playing the
bodhrán
The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A Goatskin (material), goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or ot ...
Fiction
*A position in the fictional game of
Quidditch
Quidditch () is a fictional sport invented by author J. K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). In the series, Quidditch is portrayed as a dang ...
from the ''Harry Potter'' series
*Another name for
Glamdring, Gandalf's sword, in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit''
*A name the main character
Kirito, takes in the anime ''Sword Art Online''
Tools
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Bark beater, tools used to pound tree bark to make it softer, for crafts
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Beater (weaving)
A beater or batten, is a weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. In small hand weaving such as Inkle weaving and tablet weaving the beater may be combined with the shuttle into a single tool. In rigid heddle looms the ...
, a tool used to force woven yarn into place
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Carpet beater, a housecleaning tool used to beat carpets, clothes, and bedding to shake the dust and dirt out of them.
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Fire beater
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Hollander beater, machine used in papermaking to produce paper pulp
*An attachment for a cooking
mixer
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Egg beater (disambiguation)
Surname
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Bruno Beater (1914–1982), East German intelligence officer and politician
Other uses
*A
harp seal
The harp seal (''Pagophilus groenlandicus''), also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus '' Phoca'' with a ...
, that is approximately 3–4 weeks to one year of age
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Beater (hunting), a person who drives game out of areas of cover during the hunt
*, a sealer wrecked by Hurricane Daisy in October 1962
*A
decrepit car
A decrepit car is an automobile that is often old and damaged and is in a barely functional state. There are many slang terms used to describe such cars, such as beater, bomb, clunker, chod, flivver, hooptie/hoopty, jalopy, old banger (most comm ...
, or (by extension) a car meant for daily use and not for show
See also
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