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bat·ter (bat′ər)

transitive verb

    1. to beat or strike with blow after blow; pound
    2. to subject (a smaller or weaker person) to frequent beatings
  2. to break to bits by pounding
  3. to injure by pounding, hard wear, or use

Etymology: ME bateren < OFr battre < VL battere < L battuere, to beat, via Gaul < IE base *bhāt-, to strike > L fatuus, foolish & Sans bátati, (he) strikes; also, in part, freq. of bat, v.

intransitive verb

to pound noisily and repeatedly
batter2 definition

bat·ter (bat′ər)

noun

  1. Baseball the player who is batting or whose turn it is to bat
  2. Cricket batsman
batter3 definition

bat·ter (bat′ər)

noun

a flowing mixture of flour, milk, eggs, etc. for making cakes or pancakes, coating food before frying, etc.

Etymology: ME & OFr bature, prob. < battre: see batter

transitive verb

to coat with batter
batter4 definition

bat·ter (bat′ər)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to slope gradually upward and backward

Etymology: < ?

noun

a gradual upward and backward slope, as of the outer face of a wall

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batter Synonyms

batter

n.

  1. One who bats

    hitter, batsman, pinch-hitter, designated hitter, switch-hitter, player, man who is up, man at the plate, leadoff hitter or man, cleanup hitter or man, clouter*, slugger*, socker*, walloper*.

  2. A semifluid mixture for baking

    dough, mix, paste, recipe, concoction, preparation, starter, mush; see also mixture 1.


batter

v.

  1. To strike

    beat, pound, punish, maul; see abuse 1, beat 1, 2, hit 1.

  2. To damage

    wreck, smash, injure; see damage 1.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

batter Usage Examples

Object

  • ram: Officers in riot gear used a battering ram to break in to the ground floor flat.

Converse of object

  • pour: Pour batter in 9 inch by 13 inch pan.

Subject

  • gale: Some of its warehouses have walls on the beach which are battered by gales in the winter months.

Preposition: into

  • pan: Drop tablespoonfuls of the batter into the pan, well spaced out.

Adjective modifier

  • crispy: The fish was perfect, not oily, just meaty white fish encased in a crispy batter.

Noun used with modifier

  • tempura: Other options, ranging from confit of duck leg to tiger prawns in tempura batter, are more cosmopolitan.

Preposition: by

  • gale: Some of its warehouses have walls on the beach which are battered by gales in the winter months.
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batter quotes

There is no reason why the infield should not try to put the batter off his stride at the critical moment, by neatly- timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.

-Shaw, George Bernard

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