Beater may refer to: Clothes Beater (weaving), a tool used to force woven yarn into place A shortening of "wifebeater" (shirt), a colloquialism for particular style of sleeveless shirt Music Any of various types of percussion mallets A rute The striking part of a Bass drum pedal The cipín used for playing the bodhrán Fiction A position in the fictional game of Quidditch from the Harry Potter series Another name for Glamdring, Gandalf's sword, in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit A name the main character Kirito, takes in the anime Sword Art Online Technology A machine used in papermaking An attachment for a cooking mixer Egg beater (disambiguation) A jalopy, or by extension, a car meant for daily use and not for show People with the surname Bruno Beater (1914–1982), East German intelligence officer and politician Other uses A harp seal, that is approximately 3–4 weeks to one year of age A beater in hunting, a person who drives game out of areas of cover by swinging sticks or flags , a sealer wrecked by Hurricane Daisy in October 1962