eggbeater

English

From egg +‎ beater.

eggbeater (plural eggbeaters)

A kitchen utensil that uses rotating blades to beat eggs.
(uncommon, possibly dated) A (wire) whisk.
- 1919, Herald and Presbyter, page 30:
  With a wire eggbeater, lower the oysters into this three or four at a time.
- 1920, William Hallock Park, Public Health and Hygiene: In Contributions by Eminent Authorities, page 57:
  Bleeding.—Bleeding for therapuetic sera are made with trocar and rubber tube into 2-liter Erlenmeyer flasks having a large flat wire eggbeater to support the clot. After the flask is about half-full, it is tilted on the side where the wire is inserted.
- 1944, Popular Mechanics, page 118:
  Taking advantage of the fact that a wire eggbeater of the type shown [pictured: a flat whisk] is so easily fastened between a camera tilt-head and the tripod, one photographer used such a beater to steady his camera […]
A swimming stroke involving alternating kicks.
(military, slang) A helicopter.
- 2008, George Galdorisi, Thomas Phillips, Leave No Man Behind: The Saga of Combat Search and Rescue:
  He scanned the horizon to the south, searching in vain for the eggbeater.
(slang) An outboard motor.

kitchen utensil: rotary beater

whisk — see whisk