Etymology : Middle English bateren, probably frequentative of batten to bat, from bat
Pronunciation : 'ba-t&r
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. one who wields a bat (in a game of baseball, cricket, etc.); baking mixture. strike, beat, hit repeatedly. batter\bat"ter\, n. [oe. batere, batire; cf. of. bateure, bature, a beating. see:
batter, v. t.].
2. a semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
3. paste of clay or loam.
4. (printing) a bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.batter \bat"ter\ (băt"t&etilde;r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. battered (-t&etilde;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.].
5. 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.
6. to wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "each battered jade.".
7. (metallurgy) to flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.batter \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.batter \bat"ter\, v. i. (arch.) to slope gently backward.batter \bat"ter\, n. one who wields a bat; a batsman.
8. 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.
9. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
10. To flatten by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
11. A semi- liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
12. Paste of clay or loam.
13. A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
14. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
15. To slope gently backward.
16. One who wields a bat; a batsman. a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon a ballplayer who is batting.
17. 1. If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner. evidence that the child was being battered. boys who witness fathers battering their mothers. battered wives. + battering bat·ter·ing Leaving the relationship does not mean that the battering will stop.
18. To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. He battered her around the head He was battered unconscious. + battered bat·tered Her battered body was discovered in a field.
19. If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather. The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour. a storm that's been battering the Northeast coastline. = pound.
20. If you batter something, you hit it many times, using your fists or a heavy object. They were battering the door, they were breaking in Batter the steaks flat.
21. Batter is a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk that is used in cooking. pancake batter. fish in batter.
22. In sports such as baseball and softball, a batter is a person who hits the ball with a wooden bat. batters and pitchers. see also:
battered, battering. to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage (batre or bat ).
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