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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

  1. noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
  2. noun Informally, an old, run-down car that still works.
  3. noun In a hunting party, a person employed to drive game toward the shooters.

brush — full definition

  1. noun A tool with bristles attached to a handle, used for cleaning, painting, or grooming hair.
  2. noun A brief, unpleasant encounter with something.
  3. noun Wild, low-growing vegetation such as shrubs and bushes.
  4. verb To clean, arrange, or apply something using a brush.
  5. verb To touch something lightly while passing by.

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