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driving a rusty old beater
he drives a beater that just barely runs
Recent Examples of beater from the Web
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Perhaps the most dramatic moment of the 2018 NCAA Tournament came when Michigan's Jordan Poole nailed a long buzzer-beater to defeat Houston and keep the Wolverines' season alive.
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Motley tied the score with a 3 with 10.1 seconds left, and Jackson’s buzzer-beater bounced off the front rim.
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Notre Dame, down to just seven scholarship players after four players suffered ACL injuries, had buzzer-beaters -- both by Arike Ogunbowale -- to upend UConn in the Final Four and Mississippi State to win the national title.
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Notre Dame buzzer-beater stuns Mississippi State in NCAA women's title game.
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For Villanova’s third national championship, a buzzer-beater wasn’t required, nor one of the greatest shooting displays that led to a monumental upset.
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Have ’em watch video of Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale, whose buzzer-beater jumpers dusted UConn and Mississippi State and gave the Irish the national championship.
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But now, the team that blazed through the regular season with a 32-5 record and defeated Miami in a buzzer-beater in the first round of March Madness is in the Final Four for the first time since 1953.
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Hot off the presses and the stage, Tiesto backs up a wild Miami Music Week and Ultra headlining performance with an absolutely beater.
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First Known Use of beater
14th century
BEATER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of beater for English Language Learners
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: a device or tool that is used for beating something
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: someone who repeatedly hits another person
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: an old car that is in poor condition
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