vispilä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beater noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
- brush noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
- whirlybird noun A helicopter.
- whisk noun A kitchen tool made of looped wires, used to beat eggs, cream, or batter.
Senses
vispilä is used for these senses in English:
- beater A kitchen implement for mixing.
- brush (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- egg whisk A whisk (kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire) used to beat eggs.
- whirlybird (slang) A helicopter.
- whisk A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
beater — full definition
- noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
- noun Informally, an old, run-down car that still works.
- noun In a hunting party, a person employed to drive game toward the shooters.
brush — full definition
- noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
- noun A brief, unpleasant encounter with something.
- noun Wild, low-growing vegetation such as shrubs and bushes.
- verb To clean, arrange, or apply something using a brush.
- verb To touch something lightly while passing by.