different between beater vs wifebeater

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bi?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bit?/, [?bi??]
• Rhymes: -i?t?(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English b?atere (“a beater; fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat +? -er.

Noun

beater (plural beaters)

1. Someone or something that beats.
2. A kitchen implement for mixing.
3. A stick used to play a percussion instrument.

   Synonym: drum stick

4. A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, often working in a group.
5. A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
6. (US, informal) An automobile in poor operating condition.
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. (Canada) A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.

Derived terms

• eggbeater
• world-beater

Translations

Etymology 2

By shortening from wifebeater.

Noun

beater (plural beaters)

1. (US, informal) A sleeveless undershirt.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bartee, berate, betear, erbate, rebate, rebeat

English

Alternative forms

• wife beater
• wife-beater

Etymology

From wife +? beater. The lager acquired this nickname because, being relatively strong, it was thought to lead to drunken disputes.

Pronunciation

Noun

wifebeater (countable and uncountable, plural wifebeaters)

1. One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence.
2. (US, slang) A kind of sleeveless shirt, often but not exclusively worn as an undershirt.
3. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Stella Artois, a brand of lager beer.

Synonyms

• (one who beats one’s wife): abusive husband
• (a kind of sleeveless shirt): A-shirt, athletic shirt, beater, muscle shirt, singlet (chiefly Australia, UK), tank top, vest

Translations

See also

• wife-beating question