batter
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)battered, battering
- strike against forcefully“Winds buffeted the tent”Synonyms: buffetknock aboutMore general strike
- strike violently and repeatedly“She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”Synonyms: clobberbasteMore general beat, beat up
- make a dent or impression in“dinge a soft hat”Synonyms: dingeMore general change shape, change form
Noun (2)
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is battingSynonyms: hittersluggerType of ballplayer, baseball playerKinds pinch hitter, switch-hitter, bunter, batsman, designated hitter, whiffer, batswoman
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cookingType of concoction, mixtureKinds pancake batter, fritter batter, puff batter
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. “Each battered jade.” Alexander Pope
3. Metallurgy To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Origin: OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, transitive verb
1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. William King
2. Paste of clay or loam. Philemon Holland
3. Printing A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building.
Architecture To slope gently backward.
The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC