Batter
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English
Verb
Batter (third-person singular simple present Batters, present participle Battering, simple past and past participle Battered)
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- To coat with batter.
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
Noun
Batter (plural Batters)- 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
- A binge, a heavy drinking session.
- The slope of a terrace, wall etc.
- The person who tries to hit the ball in a sport like baseball.
- (cricket) A batsman.
Adjectives for Batter
alert; deftly-moving; eagle-eyed; able-armed; wary; splendid; famous.
Verbs for Batter
fan—; strike out—; —bats; —bunts; — crashes; —doubles; —drives; —flies; — fouls; —hits; —loops; —pops; —singles; —steals; —triples; —walks.
Synonyms for Batter
beat, mar, smash, belabor, thrash, dent, bruise, pummel, pound, disfigure, destroy, demolish.
Antonyms for Batter
protect, secure, treat gently, cover, screen.
Thesaurus
abuse, albumen, amateur athlete, archer, assault, athlete, attack, ballplayer, bang, barbarize, baseballer, baseman, bash, baste, battery, beat, beat up, 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
Pronunciation
Etymology
- Probably from a combination of Old French batre, and a frequentative form of bat.
- bat.
Related terms
- batsman (2)
