batter
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbætə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbætəɹ/, [ˈbæɾɚ]
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophone: badder (in accents with flapping)
- Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
editFrom 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
editbatter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- 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.
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
- (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.
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- Synonym: intoxicate
- That cocktail will batter you!
- I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
- (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.[1]
- 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
edit- battered child syndrome
- battered person syndrome
- battered sav
- battered woman syndrome
- batterable
- batteree
- battering ram
- battering train
Translations
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References
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”). Doublet of batture.
Noun
editbatter (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.
- To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter.
- (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- 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]
- (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.
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Etymology 3
editUnknown.
Verb
editbatter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
Noun
editbatter (plural batters)
- (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editEtymology 4
editFrom bat + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun
editbatter (plural batters)
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- (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.
- 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
edit- (all cricket senses): batsman
Hypernyms
edit- (all cricket senses): cricketer
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
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Anagrams
editDanish
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editbatter
Dutch
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Verb
editbatter
- inflection of batteren:
French
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbatter
Conjugation
editinfinitive | simple | batter | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | batte /bat/ |
— | battons /ba.tɔ̃/ |
battez /ba.te/ |
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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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Italian
editVerb
editbatter (apocopated)
Derived terms
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German bittar, from Proto-West Germanic *bitr.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbatter (masculine batteren, neuter battert, comparative méi batter, superlative am battersten)
Declension
editnumber and gender | singular | plural | |||
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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
editRomansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin battere, from earlier battuere.
Verb
editbatter
- (Rumantsch Grischun) To beat.
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editScots
editNoun
editbatter (uncountable)
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