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batter up

batter up interjection: used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.

Interjection

  1. Used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To batter or beat up thoroughly.
  2. (informal) To thoroughly cover in batter (dough).

Forms of batter up

third-person singular presentbatters up
present participlebattering up
past participlebattered up
pastbattered up

Questions about batter up

What does batter up mean?
Batter up means used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.
What part of speech is batter up?
Batter up can be an interjection or a verb.

Words near batter up in the dictionary

  1. batter breads
  2. batter pudding
  3. batter puddings
  4. batter rule
  5. batter rules
  6. batter up
  7. batter's box
  8. batter's boxes
  9. batterable
  10. battercake
  11. battercakes

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