Batter Definition

bătər

battered, battering, batters

verb

battered, battering, batters

To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.

American Heritage

To coat in batter.

Battered the vegetables and then fried them.

American Heritage

To beat or strike with blow after blow; pound.

Webster's New World

To pound noisily and repeatedly.

Webster's New World

To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.

American Heritage

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noun

batters

A damaged area on the face of type or on a plate.

American Heritage

The player who is batting or whose turn it is to bat.

Webster's New World

The player at bat in baseball and cricket.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, milk, and eggs, used in cooking.

American Heritage

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Other Word Forms of Batter

Singular:

batter

Plural:

Middle English bater probably from Old French bateure a beating from batre to beat batter¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English bateren from Old French batre from Late Latin battere from Latin battuere

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”).

From Wiktionary
bat +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

From Wiktionary
From Old French batre (“to beat”).

From Wiktionary
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Unknown.

From Wiktionary