different between bleater vs beater

English

Etymology

bleat (verb) +? -er

Noun

bleater (plural bleaters)

1. Agent noun of bleat; one who bleats.
   • 1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, Collins, 1998, Chapter 3,

     "Baby!" he hissed. "Silly little bleater! Go home to your mother and drink milk. […] "

   • 2007, Virgil, Aeneid, translated by Frederick Ahl, Oxford University Press, Book 7, line 538, p. 175,

     Five flocks of bleaters he had, and five herds of cattle to shelter […]

Anagrams

• retable

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