Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. synonym: beat.
- intransitive verb To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.
- intransitive verb To damage, as by heavy wear.
- intransitive verb To attack verbally, as with criticism.
- intransitive verb To harass or distress, as with repeated questions. synonym: assault.
- intransitive verb To deliver repeated heavy blows; pound.
- noun A damaged area on the face of type or on a plate.
- noun A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, milk, and eggs, used in cooking.
- transitive verb To coat in batter.
- noun The player at bat in baseball and cricket.
- noun A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top.
- transitive verb To construct so as to create an upwardly receding slope.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English bateren, from Old French batre, from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English bater, probably from Old French bateure, a beating, from batre, to beat; see batter.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Origin unknown.]
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