About The Word Batter
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Batter
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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. |
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