batter
Syllables: bat·terUK/ˈbætə//ˈbætɚ/
batter verb: to hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
Verb (1)
batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- The firemen battered down the door.
- The golden ſtature of their feathered bird
That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,
Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- 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.
- There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had.2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 Jun 2018
- Synonyms:
- thrash
- To intoxicate.
- That cocktail will batter you!
- I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
- Synonyms:
- intoxicate
- To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
- To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.
- the bible mentioned in the oath emitted this day , by Andrew Murison , as the book and bible from whence the printed leaves , battered on the B. L. Coy's notes , now challenged as forged , are alleged to be taken1826, Thomas Beveridge, A Practical Treatise on the Forms of Process...
Noun (1)
batter (countable and uncountable, 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 pancake batter.
- A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
- A paste of clay or loam.
- The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
- A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- In repairing batters at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side.1881, The Printing Times and Lithographer, page 251
Verb (2)
batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
Noun (2)
batter (plural batters)
- An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
Noun (3)
batter (plural batters)
- The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
- A player of the batting side now on the field.
- The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- 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.2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo
batter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
batter in Hindi
- player attempting to hit the ball
- बल्लेबाज़ ballebāz
batter in Tamil
- சமையலுக்கு தயாரிக்கும் ஒரு கலவை, இட்லி மாவு, மாவு பிசை, மீண்டும் மீண்டும் அடித்துத் தகர், நொறுக்கு, இடி
batter in Marathi
- batter, concoction
- मिश्रण miśraṇ
batter in Urdu
- player attempting to hit the ball
- بلے باز balle-bāz
More languagesFewer languages
- batter in Bengali
- ক্রমাগত আঘাত করা, পিটানো
- batter in Malayalam
- മാവ് māvŭ
- batter in Kannada
- ಕಲಸಿದ ಹಿಟ್ಟು, ಕಣಕ, ಹೊರಣ, ಚಚ್ಚು
- batter in Nepali
- ब्याटर गर्न
- batter in Tagalog
- rebosahin
Examples of batter in a sentence
- The batter should play out the string. The pitcher should run out the string.
- He was out of pancake mix so he had to make the batter from scratch.
- After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
Synonyms of batter
Forms of batter
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | batters |
| present participle | battering |
| past participle | battered |
| past | battered |
| Noun | |
| plural | batters |
Origin of batter
From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”). Doublet of batture.
Unknown.
Words formed from batter
Phrases with batter
Words that rhyme with batter
Questions about batter
- What does batter mean?
- Batter means to hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- What is batter in Hindi?
- Batter in Hindi is बल्लेबाज़ (ballebāz). See Batter meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is batter?
- Batter can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce batter?
- Batter is pronounced /ˈbætə/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of batter?
- The past tense of batter is battered.
Words near batter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: batter (page history and authors); batter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मिश्रण (Marathi) (page history and authors); batter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മാവ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); batter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); batter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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