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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
: 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
167 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
2 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
45 3.4
to beat
  • NSFW
∞ 1.2
to pattle
  • Archaic
9.9
to tap
98 1.0
pat
47 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.