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Webster 1913 Edition


Batter

Bat′ter

(băt′tẽr)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Battered
(băt′tẽrd)
;
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

,
Noun.
[OE.
batere
,
batire
; cf. OF.
bateure
,
bature
, a beating. See
Batter
,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
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

,
Verb.
I.
(Arch.)
To slope gently backward.

Webster 1828 Edition


Batter

BAT'TER

,
Verb.
T.
[L. batuo, to beat. See Beat.]
1.
To beat with successive blows; to beat with violence, so as to bruise, shake, or demolish;, as, to batter a wall.
2.
To wear or impair with beating; as a battered pavement; a battered jade.
3.
To attack with a battering ram.
4.
To attack with heavy artillery, for the purpose of making a breach in a wall or rampart.

BAT'TER

,
Verb.
I.
To swell, bulge or stand out, as a timber or side of a wall from its foundation.

BAT'TER

,
Noun.
[from beat or batter.] A mixture of several ingredients, as flour, eggs, salt, &c., beaten together with some liquor, used in cookery.

Definition 2024


batter

batter

English

Verb

batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)

  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 thrash
    Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
  4. (Britain, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate
    That 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.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

batter (plural batters)

  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
    To 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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
  4. (printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Translations

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Verb

batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)

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

Noun

batter (plural batters)

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

Etymology 4

bat + -er (agent suffix).

Noun

batter (plural batters)

  1. (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
    The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
  2. (cricket, rare) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat; a batsman.
    • 2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo
      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.
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French

Verb

batter

  1. (sports) to bat

Conjugation


Italian

Verb

batter

  1. apocopic form of battere

Derived terms


Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bittar, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz. Cognate with German bitter, English bitter, Dutch bitter, Icelandic bitur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑtɐ/

Adjective

batter (masculine batteren, neuter battert, comparative méi batter, superlative am battersten)

  1. bitter

Declension

See also


Scots

Noun

batter (uncountable)

  1. batter
  2. glue; paste