batter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbætə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbætəɹ/, [ˈbæɾɚ]

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• Homophone: badder (in accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English bateren, from Old French batre (“to beat”), from Late Latin battere, from earlier battuere (“to beat, strike, fight”), of unknown origin; probably from Celtic or Germanic origin.

Verb

batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)

1. To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

   The firemen battered down the door.

   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene ii:

     The golden ſtature of their feathered bird
     That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,
     Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.

   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, pages 56–57:

     The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea.

2. (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

   I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.

3. (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.

   Synonym: thrash

   Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.

   • 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 June 2018:

     There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had.

4. (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.

   Synonym: intoxicate

   That cocktail will batter you!

   I was battered last night on our pub crawl.

5. (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
6. (UK, obsolete) To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.
   • 1826, Thomas Beveridge, A Practical Treatise on the Forms of Process...‎^[1]:

     the bible mentioned in the oath emitted this day , by Andrew Murison , as the book and bible from whence the printed leaves , battered on the B. L. Coy's notes , now challenged as forged , are alleged to be taken

Derived terms

• battered child syndrome
• battered person syndrome
• battered sav
• battered woman syndrome
• batterable
• batteree
• battering ram
• battering train

Translations

to hit or strike violently and repeatedly

• Bulgarian: бия (bg) (bija), бухам (bg) (buham), блъскам (bg) (blǎskam), разнебитвам (bg) (raznebitvam)
• Catalan: apallissar (ca), estomacar (ca)
• Danish: slå (da), slå ind, banke (da), smadre (da)
• Dutch: inslaan (nl), (of doors) rammen (nl)
• Esperanto: bati (eo), batadi
• Finnish: hakata (fi), pahoinpidellä (fi), piestä (fi)
• German: (of doors) rammen (de), (of humans, animals) prügeln (de), schlagen (de), auf etwas einprügeln, zerschmettern (de), zusammenschlagen (de), einschlagen (de), verprügeln (de), bombardieren (de), zerschlagen (de), einstoßen (de), klopfen (de), beschießen (de), heftig schlagen
• Greek: χτυπώ (el) (chtypó)
• Irish: tuargain
• Italian: battere (it)
• Latin: tundō
• Macedonian: те́па (tépa), би́е (bíe)
• Maori: tātā, tukituki, koheri, taitai
• Norwegian: slå (no)

  Bokmål: pryle (no)

• Portuguese: bater (pt), espancar (pt)
• Romanian: bate (ro), lovi (ro)
• Russian: избива́ть (ru) impf (izbivátʹ), изби́ть (ru) pf (izbítʹ), колоти́ть (ru) impf (kolotítʹ), поколоти́ть (ru) pf (pokolotítʹ)
• Spanish: apalear (es)
• Swedish: misshandla (sv)

to coat with batter

• Catalan: arrebossar (ca)
• Danish: panere (da)
• Dutch: paneren (nl)
• Esperanto: panumi
• Finnish: taikinoida, kastaa friteeraustaikinaan, kastaa uppopaistotaikinaan
• German: panieren (de), einbacken (de)
• Italian: pastellare
• Portuguese: empanar (pt)
• Spanish: apanar (es), rebozar (es), empanar (es)
• Swedish: panera (sv)
• Tagalog: rebosahin

to flatten metal

• Danish: hamre, udbanke
• Dutch: platwalsen (nl)
• German: plattschlagen
• Maori: takapapa

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)

1. (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.

   To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter.

2. (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.

   Synonyms: bender, binge

   When he went on a batter, he became very violent.

3. A paste of clay or loam.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]

4. (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
   • 1881, The Printing Times and Lithographer, page 251:

     In repairing batters at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side.

Derived terms

• baby batter
• batterable
• batter bread
• battercake
• batteree
• batterless
• batterlike
• fanny batter

 

Translations

beaten mixture of flour and liquid

• Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
• Bulgarian: тесто (bg) (testo)
• Catalan: barreja (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麵糊 / 面糊 (zh) (miànhù)

• Czech: těsto (cs) n
• Danish: dej (da) c
• Dutch: beslag (nl) n
• Finnish: taikina (fi) (generic), löysä taikina (generic descriptor), kakkutaikina (cake batter), lettutaikina (fi) (pancake batter), friteeraustaikina (batter for coating before deep-frying)
• French: pâte (fr) f
• Galician: amoado (gl) m
• German: Backteig m, Ausbackteig m, Teig (de) m, Pfannkuchenteig (de) m, Eischwerteig m, dünner Teig m
• Greek: κουρκούτι (el) n (kourkoúti)
• Hungarian: tészta (hu)
• Ido: pasto (io)
• Irish: fuidreamh m
• Italian: impasto (it), pastella (it) f
• Korean: 반죽 (ko) (banjuk)
• Macedonian: те́сто n (tésto), ка́ша (mk) f (káša)
• Maori: pokeranu
• Norman: farce f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: røre (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: røre f

• Polish: ciasto (pl) n
• Portuguese: polme m
• Russian: те́сто (ru) n (tésto), кляр (ru) m (kljar)
• Spanish: batido (es) m
• Swedish: smet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ті́сто n (tísto)
• Welsh: cytew m

binge

• Bulgarian: запой (bg) (zapoj)
• Dutch: zuippartij (nl)
• Finnish: ryyppyputki
• German: Gelage (de) n, Trinkgelage (de) n, Saufgelage (de) n, Besäufnis (de) n
• Italian: bisboccia (it) f, gozzoviglia (it) f
• Macedonian: пи́јанка f (píjanka)
• Russian: запо́й (ru) m (zapój)
• Spanish: botellón (es) m

bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form

• Irish: cló brúite m

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Verb

batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)

1. (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

Noun

batter (plural batters)

1. (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

Derived terms

• batter rule

Translations

a slope

• Bulgarian: наклон (bg) (naklon), отстъп (otstǎp)
• Finnish: rinne (fi)
• German: Neigung (de) f, Böschung (de) f, Anlauf (de) m, Dossierung (de) f
• Greek: κλίση (el) (klísi)
• Maori: pānakitanga
• Spanish: pendiente (es) f

Etymology 4

From bat +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Noun

batter (plural batters)

1. (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

   Synonyms: hitter, batsman (rare)

   The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.

2. (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
3. (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
4. (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
   • 2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo‎^[2]:

     It's hard to put this on his shoulders while the guy is so young, but I firmly believe Kane could go down as New Zealand's greatest ever batter.

Synonyms

• (all cricket senses): batsman

Hypernyms

• (all cricket senses): cricketer

Hyponyms

• (all cricket senses): batsman, batswoman

Derived terms

• batter's box
• batter up
• dust off a batter

 

Related terms

baseball

• at bat
• baseball bat
• bat

 

Translations

player attempting to hit the ball

• Catalan: batedor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 击球手

• Czech: pálkař m
• Dutch: slagman (nl) m
• Finnish: lyöjä (fi)
• French: batteur (fr) m, frappeur (fr) m
• German: Batter m
• Hindi: बल्लेबाज़ (ballebāz)
• Hungarian: ütő (hu)
• Icelandic: kylfingur (is) m
• Italian: battitore (it)
• Japanese: 打者 (ja) (だしゃ, dasha), バッター (ja) (battā)
• Maori: kaihauhau, kaipao
• Polish: pałkarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: batedor (pt) m
• Russian: бэ́ттер (ru) m (bɛ́tter), бью́щий (ru) m (bʹjúščij)
• Spanish: bateador (es)
• Swedish: slagman c

Anagrams

• Tarbet, tabret

Danish

Verb

batter

1. present of batte

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

batter

1. inflection of batteren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.te/

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Verb

batter

1. (sports) to bat

Conjugation

Conjugation of batter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	batter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	battant /ba.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		batté /ba.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	batte /bat/	battes /bat/	batte /bat/	battons /ba.tɔ̃/	battez /ba.te/	battent /bat/
	imperfect	battais /ba.tɛ/	battais /ba.tɛ/	battait /ba.tɛ/	battions /ba.tjɔ̃/	battiez /ba.tje/	battaient /ba.tɛ/
	past historic2	battai /ba.te/	battas /ba.ta/	batta /ba.ta/	battâmes /ba.tam/	battâtes /ba.tat/	battèrent /ba.tɛʁ/
	future	batterai /ba.tʁe/	batteras /ba.tʁa/	battera /ba.tʁa/	batterons /ba.tʁɔ̃/	batterez /ba.tʁe/	batteront /ba.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	batterais /ba.tʁɛ/	batterais /ba.tʁɛ/	batterait /ba.tʁɛ/	batterions /ba.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	batteriez /ba.tə.ʁje/	batteraient /ba.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	batte /bat/	battes /bat/	batte /bat/	battions /ba.tjɔ̃/	battiez /ba.tje/	battent /bat/
	imperfect2	battasse /ba.tas/	battasses /ba.tas/	battât /ba.ta/	battassions /ba.ta.sjɔ̃/	battassiez /ba.ta.sje/	battassent /ba.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	batte /bat/	—	battons /ba.tɔ̃/	battez /ba.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Italian

Verb

batter (apocopated)

1. 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)

1. bitter

Declension

declension of batter

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass batter	si ass batter	et ass batter	si si(nn) batter
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	batteren	batter	battert	batter
	independent without determiner			batteres	batterer
dative	after any declined word	batteren	batterer	batteren	batteren
	as first declined word	batterem		batterem

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

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) To beat.

Derived terms

• batta-ovs
• battasenda

Scots

Noun

batter (uncountable)

1. A batter.
2. A glue; paste.