batter

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbætə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbætəɹ/, [ˈbæɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Homophone: badder (in accents with flapping)

Etymology 1

From Middle English bateren, from Old French batre (“to beat”).

Verb

batter (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 […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IV, 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):
  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 cocktails 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.

Derived terms

battered person syndrome
battered sav
battered woman syndrome
batter up
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)
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)
Greek: χτυπώ (el) (chtypó)
Irish: tuargain
Italian: battere (it)
Latin: tundō
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: leivittää (fi), paneroida (fi)
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)
Maori: takapapa

Etymology 2

From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”).

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.
pancake batter
To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter.
(countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
Synonyms: bender, binge
When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
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 VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, OCLC 1180792622:
  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.

Derived terms

baby batter
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), kakkutaikina, lettutaikina (fi), tiristystaikina, frityyritaikina (fi)
French: pâte (fr) f
Galician: amoado (gl) m
German: Backteig m, Ausbackteig 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: каша f (kaša)
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
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
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)

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

Noun

batter (plural batters)

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

bat +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Noun

batter (plural batters)

(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.
(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
  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
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
Hungarian: ütő (hu)
Icelandic: kylfingur (is) m
Italian: battitore
Japanese: 打者 (ja) (だしゃ, dasha), バッター (battā)
Maori: kaihauhau
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

present of batte

Dutch

Verb

batter

first-person singular present indicative of batteren
imperative of batteren

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.te/
Audio (file)

Verb

batter

(sports) to bat

Conjugation

Conjugation of batter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	batter
present participle or gerund¹	simple	battant /ba.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	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/
(simple tenses)	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
(compound tenses)	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)

Apocopic form of battere

Derived terms

in un batter d'occhio

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bittar, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz. Cognate with German bitter, English bitter, Dutch bitter, Icelandic bitur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbater/, [ˈbɑ.tɐ]

Adjective

batter (masculine batteren, neuter battert, comparative méi batter, superlative am battersten)

bitter

Declension

declension of batter

number and gender		singular			plural
number and gender		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
nominative / accusative	independent without determiner	batteren	batter	batteres	batterer
dative	after any declined word	batteren	batterer	batteren	batteren
dative	as first declined word	batterem	batterer	batterem	batteren

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Sutsilvan) batar

Etymology

From Late Latin battere, present active infinitive of battō, alternative form of Latin battuō (“beat, pound; fight”).

Verb

batter

(Rumantsch Grischun) To beat.

Derived terms

batta-ovs
battasenda

Scots

Noun

batter (uncountable)

A batter.
A glue; paste.

batter

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Etymology 3

Verb

Noun

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Etymology 4

Noun

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Danish

Verb

Dutch

Verb

French

Pronunciation

Verb

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Italian

Verb

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Luxembourgish

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See also

Romansch

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Etymology

Verb

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Scots

Noun