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batter¹

  • /ˈbætə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈbætɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbæɾɚ] Canada, US

Sounds like badder (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).

verb batters · battering · battered

  1. To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. The firemen battered down the door.
  2. To coat with batter (the food ingredient). I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
  3. figuratively To defeat soundly; to thrash. Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
  4. UK, passive, slang, usually To intoxicate. That cocktail will batter you!
  5. To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
  6. UK, obsolete To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue. 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

batter²

  • /ˈbætə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈbætɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbæɾɚ] Canada, US

Sounds like badder (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun batters

  1. 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.
  2. countable, slang A binge; a heavy drinking session. When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
  3. countable, uncountable A paste of clay or loam. The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]
  4. countable A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. 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.

batter³

  • /ˈbætə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈbætɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbæɾɚ] Canada, US

Sounds like badder (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Unknown.

verb batters · battering · battered

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

noun batters

  1. An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

batter⁴

  • /ˈbætə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈbætɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbæɾɚ] Canada, US

Sounds like badder (t-flapping) · Rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

English bat

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English batter

From bat + -er (agent noun suffix).

noun batters

  1. The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat. The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
  2. A player of the batting side now on the field.
  3. The player now receiving strike; the striker.
  4. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler. 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.

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