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.

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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.

Synonyms

• (baseball): hitter, batsman (rare)
• (cricket): batsman

Translations

Anagrams

• tabret

French

Verb

batter

1. (sports) to bat

Conjugation

Italian

Verb

batter

1. apocopic form of battere

Derived terms

• in un batter d'occhio

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

• (tastes) Geschmaach; batter, salzeg, sauer, séiss ^{(Category: lb:Taste)}

Scots

Noun

batter ‎(uncountable)

1. batter
2. glue; paste