batter

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbætə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbætɚ/, [ˈbæɾɚ] Homophone: badder (t-flapping) Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Hyphenation: bat‧ter === Etymology 1 === From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). ==== Verb ==== batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered) To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient). (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash. Synonym: thrash (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate. Synonym: intoxicate (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. (UK, obsolete) To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”). Doublet of batture. ==== Noun ==== batter (countable and uncountable, plural batters) (cooking, countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session. Synonyms: bender, binge A paste of clay or loam. (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Unknown. ==== Verb ==== batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered) (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.). ==== Noun ==== batter (plural batters) (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall. ===== Derived terms ===== batter rule ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From bat +‎ -er (agent noun suffix). ==== Noun ==== batter (plural batters) (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat. Synonyms: hitter, batsman (rare) (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field. (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker. (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler. ===== Synonyms ===== (all cricket senses): batsman ===== Hypernyms ===== (all cricket senses): cricketer ===== Hyponyms ===== (all cricket senses): batsman, batswoman ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “batter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Tarbet, tabret == Danish == === Verb === batter present of batte == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === batter inflection of batteren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.te/ === Verb === batter (sports) to bat ==== Conjugation ==== == Italian == === Verb === batter (apocopated) apocopic form of battere ==== Derived terms ==== in un batter d'occhio == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German bittar, from Proto-West Germanic *bitr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbater/, [ˈbɑ.tɐ] === Adjective === batter (masculine batteren, neuter battert, comparative méi batter, superlative am battersten) bitter ==== Declension ==== === See also === (tastes) Geschmaach; batter, salzeg, sauer, séiss (Category: lb:Taste) == Romansch == === Alternative forms === batar (Sutsilvan) === Etymology === From Latin battere, from earlier battuere. === Verb === batter (Rumantsch Grischun) To beat. ==== Derived terms ==== batta-ovs battasenda == Scots == === Noun === batter (uncountable) A batter. A glue; paste.