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I've witnessed a few occasions where the outfielder continually runs in place against the fence as the batter is able to trot around the bases for an inside-the-park homer.

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  1. transitive verb To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
  2. transitive verb To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.
  3. transitive verb To damage, as by heavy wear.
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  • Yet sometimes luck is everything, and maybe the batter was a little too keyed up to react. —  FSF - April2006
  • I made cookie dough about a month ago. is it too old to eat? right now, cookies are in the oven baking but the batter is about a month old. it looks fine, it looks just like when i first made it. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • The Celtic fries its cod until the batter is thin and crisp, but its fry tastes of fish rather than batter - not a —  Westword | Complete Issue
  • I've witnessed a few occasions where the outfielder continually runs in place against the fence as the batter is able to trot around the bases for an inside-the-park homer. —  IGN Xbox 360
  • High fiber oats add heft and texture to the batter, which is bound together with only a tablespoon of egg white.
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dough ·  flour ·  custard ·  gravy ·  porridge ·  molasses ·  paste ·  pudding ·  yeast ·  cornstarch ·  oatmeal ·  sauce

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batter:   batters ·  battering ·  battered
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  1. Middle English bateren, from Old French batre, from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere.
  2. Middle English bater, probably from Old French bateure, a beating, from batre, to beat; see batter1.
  3. Origin unknown.

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  1. from Middle English bateren, batren, with freq. formative -er, from bat- (representing in Middle English by baten (only interns.) in the sense of bate or flutter as a hawk (see bate); in later Middle English and modern English regarded as freq. of bat (late Middle English batten), from the noun bat, which may be of the same ult. origin), from Old French batre, French battre = Provencal batre = Spanish batir = Portuguese bater = Italian battere, from Middle Latin (Late Latin) batere, battere for L. batuere, battuere, beat, strike: see bate, battle, etc. Not connected with English beat.
  2. from batter, v.
  3. Origin unknown; perhaps connected in some way with batter, or with F. abattre, beat down.
  4. from Middle English bater, batere, batour, bature, from Old French bature, a beating, metal beaten out thin, from batre, beat; cf. Spanish batido, batter, from batir, beat: see batter. Cf. batture.
  5. Scots, from batter, n., 2.
  6. from bat, v., + -er.
 

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