Definitions for batter
ˈbæt ərbat·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. batter, hitter, slugger, batsmannoun

   (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

2. batterverb

   a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

3. buffet, knock about, batterverb

   strike against forcefully

   "Winds buffeted the tent"

4. clobber, baste, batterverb

   strike violently and repeatedly

   "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

5. dinge, batterverb

   make a dent or impression in

   "dinge a soft hat"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Batternoun

   A mixture of several ingredients beaten together with some liquor; so called from its being so much beaten.

   Etymology: from to batter.

   One would have all things little, hence has try’d
   Turkey poults fresh’d from th’ egg in batter fry’d. William King, Art of Cookery.

2. To BATTERverb

   Etymology: battre, to beat, Fr.

   1. To beat; to beat down; frequently used of walls thrown down by artillery, or of the violence of engines of war.

   To appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. Ezek. xxi. 22.

   These haughty words of hers
   Have batter’d me like roaring cannon shot,
   And made me almost yield upon my knees. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Britannia there, the fort in vain
   Had batter’d been with golden rain:
   Thunder itself had fail’d to pass. Edmund Waller.

   Be then, the naval stores, the nation’s care,
   New ships to build, and batter’d to repair. Dryden.

   2. To wear with beating.

   Crowds to the castle mounted up the street,
   Batt’ring the pavement with their coursers feet. Dryden.

   If you have a silver saucepan for the kitchen use, let me advise you to batter it well; this will shew constant good housekeeping. Jonathan Swift, Directions to the Cook.

   3. Applied to persons: to wear out with service.

   The batter’d veteran strumpets here,
   Pretend at least to bring a modest ear. Thomas Southerne.

   I am a poor old battered fellow, and I would willingly end my days in peace. John Arbuthnot, History of J. Bull.

   As the same dame, experienc’d in her trade,
   By names of toasts retails each batter’d jade. Alexander Pope.

3. To Batterverb

   A word used only by workmen. The side of a wall, or any timber, that bulges from its bottom or foundation, is said to batter. Joseph Moxon Mech. Exercises.

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1. batter

   Batter is a semi-liquid mixture, often a combination of flour, eggs, and milk or water, that is used in cooking. It is mainly used for coating and frying foods, or as a base for pancakes, waffles, and cakes. The consistency of batter can range from thick and doughy to thin and runny, depending on the recipe.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Batterverb

   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. Batterverb

   to wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage

3. Batterverb

   to flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly

4. Batterverb

   a semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery

5. Batterverb

   paste of clay or loam

6. Batterverb

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

7. Batternoun

   a backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope

8. Batterverb

   to slope gently backward

9. Batternoun

   one who wields a bat; a batsman

FreebaseRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Batter

   Batter is a semi-liquid mixture of one or more grains used to prepare various foods. Many batters are made by combining dry flours with liquids such as water, milk or eggs; batters can also be made by soaking grains in water and grinding them wet. Often a leavening agent such as baking powder is included to aerate and fluff up the batter as it cooks, or the mixture may be naturally fermented for this purpose as well as to add flavour. Carbonated water or another carbonated liquid such as beer may instead be used to aerate the batter in some recipes. The viscosity of batter may range from very "heavy" to "thin". Heat is applied to the batter, usually by frying, baking or steaming, in order to cook the ingredients and to "set" the batter into a solid form. Batters may be sweet or savoury, often with either sugar or salt being added. Many other flavourings such as herbs, spices, fruits or vegetables may be added to the mixture. The word batter comes from the old French word battre which means to beat, as many batters require vigorous beating or whisking in their preparation.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Batter

   bat′er, v.t. to beat with successive blows: to wear with beating or by use: to attack with artillery.—n. ingredients beaten along with some liquid into a paste: paste for sticking.—ns. Bat′tering-charge, the full charge of powder for a cannon; Bat′tering-ram, an ancient engine for battering down walls, consisting of a large beam with an iron head like that of a ram. [O. Fr. batre (Fr. battre), from the root of Bat.]

2. Batter

   bat′ėr, n. the inclination of a wall from the perpendicular.—v.i. to slope backward from the perpendicular. [Perh. from Fr. battre, to beat down.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. batter

   A cannonade of heavy ordnance, from the first or second parallel of intrenchment, against any fortress or works. To batter in breach implies a heavy cannonade of many pieces directed to one part of the revetment from the third parallel.

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1. Batter

   Batter vs. Battery -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Batter and Battery.

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1. BATTER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Batter is ranked #121590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Batter surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Batter.
   
   80.2% or 114 total occurrences were White.
   9.1% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
   4.9% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
   4.9% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

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Anagrams for batter »

1. tarbet

2. bertat

3. tabret

How to pronounce batter?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say batter in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of batter in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of batter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of batter in a Sentence

1. Jerry Coleman:

   Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

2. Omar Khayym:

   Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultn after Sultn with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way.

3. Jackie Mills:

   I just got a mini doughnut pan, and it makes the cutest desserts. It's probably four bites, so you can bake a regular cake batter in it and have automatic portion control.

4. Ralph Kiner:

   The Mets have gotten their leadoff batter on only once this inning.

5. Jeremy Ben-Ami:

   It's kind of like saying, you've got a baseball batter who's in a slump and so -- what they've been doing -- they look at the videotape and instead of like doing a better swing, they just start hitting the umpire with the bat. Yeah, doing something different -- but it has to make sense what you're doing, i don't think anybody who's been involved with this will say what we did worked... but that doesn't mean that this is the right approach.

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