What is "egg-beater"

egg beater \egg beater\, egg-beater \egg-beater\n. a small device having one or usually two blades, each having several stiff oval wires at the tip. The blades are swirled or rotated for beating eggs or whipping cream. The electrical variety typically have two such blades, which are arranged so that the tips of the blades interlace while rotating.

Syn: eggwhisk.

also eggbeater, 1828, from egg (n.) + beater. Slang sense of "helicopter" is from 1937 from notion of whirling rotation.

Egg-beater (egg beater, eggbeater) may refer to:

• Egg Beaters, an egg substitute used in cooking
• Eggbeater wind turbine
• Breast drill, a type of hand drill often referred to as an "egg-beater"
• Mixer (cooking), a kitchen appliance often referred to as an "egg-beater"
• Eggbeater kick, a swimming manoeuver
• Eggbeater antenna
• Eggbeater dynamics