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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Representatives for Reach, which is based at McClellan Airport, confirmed the crash involving its helicopter.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Halvorson was pulled from the burning debris in less than two minutes and rushed to waiting medics and flown in a CareFlite helicopter to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, with significant injuries.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Skubal issued a walk to Jose Ramirez, and after getting the next two batters to strikeout, Gabriel Arias’s high chopper for an infield hit saw Martinez dare Skubal by sprinting from second base to home.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Moments later, the couple disembarked from the chopper, walking hand-in-hand across the South Lawn.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Eggbeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eggbeater. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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