batter

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: hitter slugger batsman buffet knock about clobber baste dinge

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

(baseball) a ballplayer who is battingSynonyms: hitter slugger batsman
a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

Verb (3)

strike against forcefully“Winds buffeted the tent”Synonyms: buffet knock about
strike violently and repeatedly“She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”Synonyms: clobber baste
make a dent or impression in“dinge a soft hat”Synonyms: dinge

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Batsman \Bats"man\, n.; pl. Batsmen. The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in baseball, the batsman is usually called the batter. [1913 Webster +PJC] Bat's-wing

Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." --Pope. [1913 Webster]

3.(Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. [1913 Webster]

Batter \Bat"ter\, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]

1.A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. --King. [1913 Webster]

2.Paste of clay or loam. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

3.(Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. [1913 Webster]

Batter \Bat"ter\, n. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.) To slope gently backward. [1913 Webster]

Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), n. The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman. [1913 Webster +PJC]