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колоту́шка — meaning in English

kolotushka

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English meaning

  • beater noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
  • mallet noun A hammer with a large head, usually made of wood or rubber, used to strike a tool or object without damaging it.
  • rattle verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp knocking sounds by shaking or being shaken.
  • slapstick noun Comedy built on exaggerated physical mishaps — falls, chases, collisions and blows — rather than on words.

Senses

колоту́шка is used for these senses in English:

  • beater A kitchen implement for mixing.
  • mallet (music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
  • rattle A device which produces a loud rattling sound, especially one having a ratchet mechanism and spun round on a handle.
  • slapstick (countable) A pair of sticks attached at one end and used to create a slapping sound effect, used especially in slapstick comedy; a type of clapper.

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.

mallet — full definition

  1. noun A hammer with a large head, usually made of wood or rubber, used to strike a tool or object without damaging it.
  2. noun A padded stick used to strike balls in croquet or polo, or to play certain percussion instruments.

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