Synonyms of eggbeater

eggbeater

noun

ˈeg-ˌbē-tər 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• helicopter
• chopper
• copter
• whirlybird
• helo
• rotorcraft
• gyroplane
• autogiro
• tilt-rotor
• convertiplane
• rotary-wing aircraft
• slick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eggbeater

Man Ray takes the concept even further with a photograph of an eggbeater titled Woman. — 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

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

Four years ago, Jennie Fogarty’s granddaughter Claire asked for an eggbeater for Christmas. — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021