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
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.
—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
Paul drew Teeny’s onto kitchen objects: an eggbeater bike, little kids on dixie cups, a dog leash and collar as a swing.
—Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2020
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
Paul drew Teeny’s onto kitchen objects: an eggbeater bike, little kids on dixie cups, a dog leash and collar as a swing.
—Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eggbeater
Noun
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Using his abilities from the back of the chopper, Hallorann enters a trance, becoming increasingly distressed until his reality is fractured and the sequence cuts between the helicopter in the sky and a dark realm that Hallorann navigates within his own psyche.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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An officer in a police helicopter overhead following the pursuit told officers the occupants of the Jeep got inside a black Infiniti, with the driver of the Jeep now the passenger.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Varsho sent a chopper to second base.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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At the end of the game, Alma climbs onto the evac chopper before everything cuts to black.—
Will Borger,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Eggbeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eggbeater. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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