as in helicopter
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
told stories of his days flying eggbeaters during the Vietnam War
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Recent Examples of eggbeater
Man Ray takes the concept even further with a photograph of an eggbeater titled Woman.
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Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2026
One design is a turbine that eschews the pinwheel-like blades of a traditional windmill; instead it is shaped like an upended eggbeater, with both ends of each curved blade attached to a central pole.
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You Xiaoying,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2025
Renata Schmitt, clad in leggings and sneakers, long hair pulled back from her face, squinted at the two ropes that arced toward and away from each other in an eggbeater pattern, blurring through the air of a gym in Southeast D.C.
Schmitt, 52, of Arlington, waited, watched, then jumped in.
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Tara Bahrampour,
Washington Post,
26 July 2023
Mechanical Eggbeater, Willis Johnson On February 5, 1884, Willis Johnson patented an improved mechanical eggbeater (U.S. Patent 292,821) with the intention of having the machine mix more than just eggs.
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Dorkys Ramos,
Bon Appétit,
22 Mar. 2023
Duane kills with kitchen tongs, an eggbeater, an iron.
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oregonlive,
18 May 2021
There is some speculation that the currents flowing around wind farms could turn into a giant eggbeater, mixing warm surface water into the cold pool, but that hasn’t been shown in any direct field observations, Miles says.
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Eric Niiler,
Wired,
11 Mar. 2021
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2026
One design is a turbine that eschews the pinwheel-like blades of a traditional windmill; instead it is shaped like an upended eggbeater, with both ends of each curved blade attached to a central pole.
—
You Xiaoying,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2025
Renata Schmitt, clad in leggings and sneakers, long hair pulled back from her face, squinted at the two ropes that arced toward and away from each other in an eggbeater pattern, blurring through the air of a gym in Southeast D.C.
Schmitt, 52, of Arlington, waited, watched, then jumped in.
—
Tara Bahrampour,
Washington Post,
26 July 2023
Mechanical Eggbeater, Willis Johnson On February 5, 1884, Willis Johnson patented an improved mechanical eggbeater (U.S. Patent 292,821) with the intention of having the machine mix more than just eggs.
—
Dorkys Ramos,
Bon Appétit,
22 Mar. 2023
Duane kills with kitchen tongs, an eggbeater, an iron.
—
oregonlive,
18 May 2021
There is some speculation that the currents flowing around wind farms could turn into a giant eggbeater, mixing warm surface water into the cold pool, but that hasn’t been shown in any direct field observations, Miles says.
—
Eric Niiler,
Wired,
11 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eggbeater
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All the water unleashed onto the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights — some of it 480 gallons at a time by helicopter — had to end up somewhere.
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The United States has also positioned the USS Fort Lauderdale off Venezuela’s coast to support logistics, helicopter operations and emergency deployment of personnel and supplies.
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Pinch-hitters Austin Martin and Ryan Kreidler singled with one out for Minnesota in the ninth and a high chopper by Byron Buxton went over the head of third baseman Willi Castro to tie it.
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This vegetable chopper speeds up meal prep with six interchangeable stainless steel blades for slicing, dicing, julienning, and grating.
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“Eggbeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eggbeater. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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