batter
verb
[ ˈbatə ]
• strike repeatedly with hard blows.
• "a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg"
Similar:
pummel,
pound,
rain blows on,
buffet,
belabour,
thrash,
beat up,
abuse,
hit,
strike,
beat,
smack,
assault,
attack,
thump,
lash,
aim blows at,
whack,
clout,
wallop,
bash,
clobber,
bop,
biff,
sock,
deck,
plug,
knock about,
knock around,
give someone a good hiding,
lay into,
lace into,
do over,
rough up,
damage,
injure,
hurt,
harm,
impair,
mar,
spoil,
destroy,
demolish,
crush,
shatter,
smash,
ruin,
total,
trash,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battuere ) + -er3.
batter
noun
• a semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used for making pancakes or for coating food before frying.
• "pancake batter"
• a damaged area of metal type or a printing block.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French bateure ‘the action of beating’, from batre ‘to beat’.
batter
noun
• (in various sports, especially baseball) a player who is batting.
batter
noun
• a gradual backwards slope in a wall or similar structure.
• "the batter is an inch in for every foot of height"
batter
verb
• (of a wall) have a receding slope.
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.
