batter

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English bateren, batren, frequentative of Middle English batten (to beat with a stick), from batte (a bat, club), from Old English batt (bat, cudgel, club), equivalent to bat +‎ -er (frequentative suffix of verbs).

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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. (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate
    That cocktails will batter you!
    I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
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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.
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Origin uncertain.

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

  1. (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

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batter (plural batters)

  1. The slope of a terrace, wall etc.
    Hydroseeding of unvegetated batters is planned.
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[edit] Etymology 3

bat +‎ -er (agent suffix).

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batter (plural batters)

  1. The person who tries to hit the ball in a sport like baseball.
    The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
  2. (cricket) A batsman.
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[edit] Italian

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batter

  1. apocopic form of battere

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[edit] Luxembourgish

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From Old High German bittar

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batter

  1. bitter

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batter (uncountable)

  1. batter
  2. glue, paste
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