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Meaning
Verb
●
To
hit
or
strike
violently
and repeatedly.
●
In Cooking:
To
coat
with
batter
(the food ingredient).
●
In Violence:
To
defeat
soundly
; to thrash.
●
In British English:
To intoxicate.
●
In Violence:
To
flatten
(metal) by
hammering
,
so as to
compress
it
inwardly
and
spread
it outwardly.
●
In British English:
To
coat
in a paste-like
substance
; to
fasten
with a paste-like glue.
●
In Architecture:
To
slope
(of
walls
,
buildings
etc.).
Noun
●
In Cooking:
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.
●
A
paste
of
clay
or loam.
●
In Printing:
A
bruise
on the face of
a
plate
or of type in the form.
●
An
incline
on the
outer
face
of a
built
wall.
●
In Baseball:
The
player
attempting
to
hit
the
ball
with a bat.
●
In Cricket:
A
player
of the
batting
side
now on the field.
●
In Cricket:
The
player
now
receiving
strike
; the
strike
r.
●
In Cricket:
Any
player
selected
for his or her team
principally
to
bat
,
as opposed to
a bowler.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
batter
English
-er
English
-er
Middle English (1100-1500)
-eren
Middle English (1100-1500)
-or
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
bat
English
batt
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
bât
French
bast
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
bateren
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Thrash
Intoxicate
Bender
Binge
Hitter
Batsman
Related
Pitcher
Catcher
Baserunner
Bowl
Ball
Bunt
Fielder
Dough
Cake
Pastry
Flour
Paste
Sauce
Pitch
Umpire
Dish
Crust
Bread
Spoon
Pasta
Soup
Shortstop
Egg
Pan
Batsman
Fastball
Pudding
Cheese
Inning
Mash
Puree
Recipe
Pancake
Nail
Toast
Chicken
Player
Skewer
Whisk
Grill
Hammer
Cup
Slice
Kettle
Mixture
Bowler
Patty
Curd
Skillet
Fry
Balls
Outfield
Custard
Salad
Base Runner
Sac Bunt
Third Baseman
Ground Ball
Second Baseman
More
Rhymes
Atter
Satyr
Natter
Batter
Gatter
Matter
Hatter
Platter
Clatter
Scatter
Flatter
Shatter
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