batter
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French batre (“to beat”).
Verb
batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- He battered his wife with a walking stick.
- To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
- To defeat soundly; to thrash
- Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate
- That cocktails will batter you!
- I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Translations
to hit or strike violently and repeatedly
to coat with batter
Etymology 2
From Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”).
Noun
batter (plural batters)
- 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.
- A binge, a heavy drinking session.
- When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- (printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Translations
A beaten mixture of flour and liquid, used for baking
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A binge
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Verb
batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
Noun
batter (plural batters)
- An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
- Hydroseeding of unvegetated batters is planned.
Translations
A slope
Etymology 4
Noun
batter (plural batters)
Related terms
- batsman (2)
Translations
The person who tries to hit the ball