'Batter' definitions:
Definition of 'batter'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
verb
Strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet, knock about, batter]
verb
Strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
verb
Make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn: dinge, batter]
Definition of 'Batter'
From: GCIDE
- Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), n. The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Batter'
From: GCIDE
- Batter \Bat"ter\, n. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. [1913 Webster]
- Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Batter'
From: GCIDE
- Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.) To slope gently backward. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Batter'
From: GCIDE
- Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Batter'
From: GCIDE
- Batter \Bat"ter\, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]
- 1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. --King. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'batter'
From: GCIDE
- Batsman \Bats"man\, n.; pl. Batsmen. The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in baseball, the batsman is usually called the batter. [1913 Webster +PJC] Bat's-wing
Synonyms of 'batter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- albumen,
- amateur athlete,
- archer,
- assault,
- athlete,
- attack,
- ballplayer,
- bang,
- barbarize,
- baseballer,
- baseman,
- bash,
- baste,
- battery,
- beat,
- beat up,
- Beau Brummel,
- belabor,
- blocking back,
- bombard,
- bonnyclabber,
- bowman,
- bruise,
- brutalize,
- buffet,
- bung,
- bung up,
- burn,
- butcher,
- butter,
- carry on,
- catcher,
- center,
- clabber,
- clobber,
- clout,
- coach,
- competitor,
- contuse,
- cornstarch,
- cream,
- cricketer,
- cripple,
- curd,
- defensive lineman,
- destroy,
- disable,
- disfigure,
- do violence to,
- do wrong by,
- do wrong to,
- dough,
- drub,
- egg white,
- end,
- flail,
- flap,
- footballer,
- games-player,
- gamester,
- gaum,
- gel,
- gelatin,
- glair,
- glop,
- glue,
- gluten,
- go on,
- goo,
- gook,
- goop,
- gruel,
- guard,
- gumbo,
- gunk,
- hammer,
- harm,
- hit,
- ill-treat,
- ill-use,
- infielder,
- injure,
- jam,
- jell,
- jelly,
- jock,
- jumper,
- knock,
- knock about,
- lacerate,
- lambaste,
- lame,
- larrup,
- lay waste,
- lineman,
- loblolly,
- loot,
- maim,
- maltreat,
- mangle,
- manhandle,
- maul,
- mishandle,
- mistreat,
- molasses,
- molest,
- mucilage,
- mucus,
- mug,
- mutilate,
- offensive lineman,
- outfield,
- outfielder,
- outrage,
- pap,
- paste,
- patter,
- pelt,
- pillage,
- player,
- poloist,
- pommel,
- porridge,
- pound,
- professional athlete,
- pudding,
- pugilist,
- pulp,
- pulverize,
- pummel,
- puree,
- putty,
- quarterback,
- racer,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rampage,
- rant,
- rap,
- rape,
- rave,
- riot,
- roar,
- rob,
- rough,
- rough up,
- ruin,
- sack,
- savage,
- semifluid,
- semiliquid,
- shatter,
- size,
- skater,
- slaughter,
- sledgehammer,
- smite,
- soup,
- sow chaos,
- spank,
- sport,
- sportsman,
- starch,
- sticky mess,
- storm,
- strike,
- syrup,
- tackle,
- tailback,
- tear,
- tear around,
- terrorize,
- thrash,
- thrash soundly,
- thresh,
- thump,
- toxophilite,
- treacle,
- vandalize,
- violate,
- wallop,
- whip,
- wingback,
- wreck,
- wrestler