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🥄 A mixing tool 🥄 To mix or beat
to pattle

to pattle

9.9
To beat or stir something by hitting it lightly with a flat tool
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : batir
  • The baker would pattle the dough to ensure it was evenly mixed.

Examples

  • To make the batter fluffy, you should pattle it for several minutes.

  • She used a wooden tool to pattle the paint before applying it to the wall.

  • She pattles the dough until it's smooth.

  • I love to pattle the mixture for my cake.

  • The chef will pattle the cream to create a light and airy texture.

  • Using a spatula, he began to pattle the mixture gently to avoid lumps.

  • Before baking, she will pattle the batter to ensure everything is well combined.

Synonyms

to stir
vsto pattle
152 1.0

To mix a liquid by moving it with a spoon

uses repeated light strikes to mix rather than smooth circular movement
to beat
vsto pattle
44 7.1

To shape metal or other material by hitting it many times

uses lighter strikes and a flat tool to mix rather than to shape
to paddle
vsto pattle
1 2.8

To stir a mixture using a flat tool

uses repeated light strikes with a flat tool instead of continuous sweeping movement

How Vigorously

to whip
99 3.4
to beat
  • NSFW
∞ 1.2
to pattle
  • Archaic
9.9
to tap
174 1.0
pat
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

pattle infinitive
pattled past
pattled past participle
pattling present participle
pattles third person singular

Etymology

Pattle as a verb probably comes from the same idea as pat ('to tap gently') and paddle, meaning moving a flat tool back and forth to work a mixture. So to pattle something is to beat or stir it by hitting or moving it with a flat tool.