Batter

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbætÉ™(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ætÉ™(r)

From Old French batre ("to beat").

Full definition of batter

Verb

1. to hit or strike violently and repeatedly.He battered his wife with a walking stick.
2. to coat with batter (the food ingredient).I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
3. to defeat soundly; to thrashLeeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
4. (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicateThat cocktails will batter you!I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
5. (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

From Old French bateure ("the action of beating"), from batre ("to beat").

Noun

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 fryingTo the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter.
2. A binge, a heavy drinking session.When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
3. A paste of clay or loam.
4. (printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Unknown.

Verb

1. (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

Noun

1. An incline on the outer face of a built wall.Hydroseeding of unvegetated batters is planned.

bat + -er("agent suffix").

Noun

1. (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.

Synonyms

• (baseball) hitter

Related terms

• batsman cricket

Anagrams

• tabret