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Batter

//ˈbætə// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying. countable, uncountable

    "To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter."

  2. 2
    An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
  3. 3
    The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

    "The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double."

  4. 4
    a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking wordnet
  5. 5
    A binge; a heavy drinking session. countable, slang

    "When he went on a batter, he became very violent."

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  1. 6
    A player of the batting side now on the field.
  2. 7
    (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting wordnet
  3. 8
    A paste of clay or loam. countable, uncountable

    "The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]"

  4. 9
    The player now receiving strike; the striker.
  5. 10
    A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. countable

    "In repairing batters at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side."

  6. 11
    Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.

    "It's hard to put this on his shoulders while the guy is so young, but I firmly believe Kane could go down as New Zealand's greatest ever batter."

Verb
  1. 1
    To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

    "The firemen battered down the door."

  2. 2
    To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
  3. 3
    make a dent or impression in wordnet
  4. 4
    To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

    "I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs."

  5. 5
    strike violently and repeatedly wordnet
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  1. 6
    To defeat soundly; to thrash. figuratively

    "Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0."

  2. 7
    strike against forcefully wordnet
  3. 8
    To intoxicate. UK, passive, slang, usually

    "That cocktail will batter you!"

  4. 9
    To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
  5. 10
    To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue. UK, obsolete

    "the bible mentioned in the oath emitted this day , by Andrew Murison , as the book and bible from whence the printed leaves , battered on the B. L. Coy's notes , now challenged as forged , are alleged to be taken"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).

Etymology 2

From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”). Doublet of batture.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Etymology 5

From bat + -er (agent noun suffix).

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