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Definition of Batter

1. Noun. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting.

2. Verb. Strike against forcefully. "Winds buffeted the tent"

3. Noun. A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking.

4. Verb. Strike violently and repeatedly. "They want to batter the prisoners "; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

5. Verb. Make a dent or impression in. "Dinge a soft hat"

Definition of Batter

1. v. t. 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.

2. n. A semi- liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.

3. n. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

4. v. i. To slope gently backward.

5. n. One who wields a bat; a batsman.

Definition of Batter

1. to beat repeatedly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Batter

1. 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. 2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." 3. To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. Origin: OE. Bateren, OF. Batre, F. Battre, fr. LL. Battere, for L. Batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Batter

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