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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure,
     bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]
     1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour,
        eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
        --King.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in
        the form.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
     A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding
     slope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame,
        and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall
        is regulated in building.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.)
     To slope gently backward.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), n.
     The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it
     is at bat; formerly called the batsman.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Batsman \Bats"man\, n.; pl. Batsmen.
     The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in
     baseball, the batsman is usually called the batter.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered
     (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren,
     OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
     strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to
     abate.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
        violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
        batter a wall or rampart.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
        ``Each battered jade.'' --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
        compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered
     (-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren, OF.
     batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike,
     beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.]
     1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
        violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
        batter a wall or rampart.
  
     2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
        ``Each battered jade.'' --Pope.
  
     3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
        compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure,
     bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]
     1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour,
        eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
        --King.
  
     2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland.
  
     3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in
        the form.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
     A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding
     slope.
  
     Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame,
        and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall
        is regulated in building.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.)
     To slope gently backward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
     One who wields a bat; a batsman.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  batter
       n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: hitter, slugger,
             batsman]
       2: a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
       v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet,
             knock about]
       2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
          tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste]
       3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn: dinge]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  batter
     Αγγλικά vb.
     σφυροκοπώ, χτυπώ συνεχώς

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  batter
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl batteren  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     French vb.
     (lb fr sports) to bat
     Luxembourgish a.
     bitter
     Scots n.
     1 A (l en batter).
     2 A glue; paste.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  batter
     vb.
     1 To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
     2 (lb en cooking) To coat with #Noun (the food ingredient).
     3 (lb en figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
     4 (lb en UK slang usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
     5 (lb en metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
  compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
     6 (lb en UK obsolete) To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten
  with a paste-like glue.<ref>Joseph Wright (editor).
  [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_English_Dialect_Dictionary_Being_the/ga0yAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
  The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All
  Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last
  Two Hundred Years: A-E]. 1898.</ref>
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 (lb en countable slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
     3 A paste of clay or loam.
     4 (lb en countable printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of
  type in the form.
     n.
     An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
     vb.
     (lb en architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
     n.
     1 (lb en baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
     2 (lb en cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
     3 (lb en cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
     4 (lb en cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally
  to bat, as opposed to a bowler.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  batter
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl batteren  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     French vb.
     (lb fr sports) to bat
     Luxembourgish a.
     bitter

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  batter
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl batteren  1 s pres ind ; imp)
     French vb.
     (lb fr sports) to bat
     Luxembourgish a.
     bitter

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  batter
     Englanti n.
     (löysä) taikina; lettutaikina, frityyritaikina
     Englanti vb.
     1 leivittää, paneroida
     2 hakata, pahoinpidellä, piestä
     3 (yhteys urheilu k=en) voittaa ylivoimaisesti, nutistaa, murskata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  batter
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg språk=en bakning) smet
     2 (tagg språk=en sport) slagman
     Engelska vb.
     slå, krossa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Batter /bˈatə/
  الخليط

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  batter //ˈbætəɹ// //ˈbætɚ// /[ˈbæɾɚ]/ 
  1. тесто
  beaten mixture of flour and liquid
  2. запой
  binge
  3. наклон, отстъп
  a slope

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  batter //ˈbætəɹ// //ˈbætɚ// /[ˈbæɾɚ]/ 
  бия, блъскам, бухам, разнебитвам
  to hit or strike violently and repeatedly