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Batter Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Batter? [n] a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon [n] a ballplayer who is batting [v] make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [v] strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [v] strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Batter: baste \| batsman \| buffet \| clobber \| dinge \| hitter \| knock about \| slugger Related Terms \| Find terms related to Batter: abuse \| albumen \| amateur athlete \| archer \| assault \| athlete \| attack \| ballplayer \| bang \| barbarize \| baseballer \| baseman \| bash \| baste \| battery \| beat \| beat up \| Beau Brummel \| belabor \| blocking back \| bombard \| bonnyclabber \| bowman \| bruise \| brutalize \| buffet \| bung \| bung up \| burn \| butcher \| butter \| carry on \| catcher \| center \| clabber \| clobber \| clout \| coach \| competitor \| contuse \| cornstarch \| cream \| cricketer \| cripple \| curd \| defensive lineman \| destroy \| disable \| disfigure \| do violence to \| do wrong by \| do wrong to \| dough \| drub \| egg white \| end \| flail \| flap \| footballer \| games-player \| gamester \| gaum \| gel \| gelatin \| glair \| glop \| glue \| gluten \| go on \| goo \| gook \| goop \| gruel \| guard \| gumbo \| gunk \| hammer \| harm \| hit \| ill-treat \| ill-use \| infielder \| injure \| jam \| jell \| jelly \| jock \| jumper \| knock \| knock about \| lacerate \| lambaste \| lame \| larrup \| lay waste \| lineman \| loblolly \| loot \| maim \| maltreat \| mangle \| manhandle \| maul \| mishandle \| mistreat \| molasses \| molest \| mucilage \| mucus \| mug \| mutilate \| offensive lineman \| outfield \| outfielder \| outrage \| pap \| paste \| patter \| pelt \| pillage \| player \| poloist \| pommel \| porridge \| pound \| professional athlete \| pudding \| pugilist \| pulp \| pulverize \| pummel \| puree \| putty \| quarterback \| racer \| rage \| ramp \| rampage \| rant \| rap \| rape \| rave \| riot \| roar \| rob \| rough \| rough up \| ruin \| sack \| savage \| semifluid \| semiliquid \| shatter \| size \| skater \| slaughter \| sledgehammer \| smite \| soup \| sow chaos \| spank \| sport \| sportsman \| starch \| sticky mess \| storm \| strike \| syrup \| tackle \| tailback \| tear \| tear around \| terrorize \| thrash \| thrash soundly \| thresh \| thump \| toxophilite \| treacle \| vandalize \| violate \| wallop \| whip \| wingback \| wreck \| wrestler See Also \| ballplayer \| baseball player \| beat \| beat up \| bunter \| change form \| change shape \| concoction \| deform \| designated hitter \| fritter batter \| intermixture \| mixture \| pancake batter \| pate a choux \| pinch hitter \| pouf paste \| puff batter \| strike \| switch-hitter \| whiffer \| work over Batter In Webster's Dictionary \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered} (-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.] 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.'' --Pope. 3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. \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. 2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland. 3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. \Bat"ter\, n. 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. \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.) To slope gently backward. \Bat"ter\, n. One who wields a bat; a batsman.

Batter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Batter?

[n] a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
[n] a ballplayer who is batting
[v] make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"
[v] strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
[v] strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"

Batter In Webster's Dictionary

\Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
(-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.]
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.'' --Pope.

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


\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.

2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland.

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


\Bat"ter\, n.
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.


\Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.)
To slope gently backward.


\Bat"ter\, n.
One who wields a bat; a batsman.

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