batter: meaning and definitions
EnglishType a word
To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.
To damage, as by heavy wear.
To pound repeatedly with heavy blows.
Printing A damaged area on the face of type or on a plate.
Sports The player at bat in baseball and cricket.
A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, milk, and eggs, used in cooking.
To coat in batter: battered the vegetables and then fried them.
A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top.
To construct so as to create an upwardly receding slope.