battering
UK/ˈbæ.təˌɹɪŋ(ɡ)/US/ˈbæ.tɚˌɪŋ/
battering is the present participle and gerund of batter.
Noun
battering (plural batterings)
- A heavy beating.
- Kalinin Bay is also in trouble, trading fire with Japanese destroyers and taking hits from both them and cruisers at the same time. Unlike the Gambier Bay, however, it does not appear that these ships have realized they need to switch to high explosive from armor-piercing, and, despite being...2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 29:08 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022
- A large defeat.
- That will prove a trickier test, the management having pinpointed Oleh Blokhin's side as "one of the favourites in the group", though they will confront an England team buoyed by this battering.2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian
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Meaning of batter
Verb
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.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- thrash
- To intoxicate.
- That cocktail will batter you!
- 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...
Forms of battering
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Words formed from battering
Phrases with battering
Questions about battering
- What does battering mean?
- Battering means a heavy beating.
- What is battering the present participle and gerund of?
- Battering is the present participle and gerund of batter.
- What part of speech is battering?
- Battering is a noun.
- How do you pronounce battering?
- Battering is pronounced /ˈbæ.təˌɹɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of battering?
- The plural of battering is batterings.
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