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- DictionaryBat·ter/ˈbadər/
verb
- 1. strike repeatedly with hard blows: "he was battered and falsely imprisoned by the officers"
1. a. : a mixture consisting chiefly of flour, egg, and milk or water and being thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon. thin pancake batter. b. : a mixture (as of flour and egg) used as a coating for food that is to be fried. dip the chicken in the batter.
a mixture containing ingredients such as flour, butter, sugar, and eggs that will be baked and become a cake or cakes: I used to love eating the last bits of cake batter from the bowl. Divide the batter among 12 muffin cups. In most classic cake batters you typically add eggs to the batter.
a mixture of flour, eggs, milk or water, and usually sugar and butter or oil, that will be fried or baked to make pancakes, waffles, cakes, etc.: Pour the pancake batter into the pan. We were always allowed to lick the leftover cake batter from the bowl. Divide the batter among 12 muffin cups.
Batter definition: to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.. See examples of BATTER used in a sentence.
1. a. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. See Synonyms at beat. b. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse. 2. To damage, as by heavy wear: a shed battered by high winds. 3. a. To attack verbally, as with criticism. b. To harass or distress, as with repeated questions. See Synonyms at assault. v.intr.
To batter is to beat repeatedly, as if one boxer were clobbering another with blows. Batter is one of those words with many meanings that seem entirely unrelated to each other. You can batter by hitting again and again, but there's also a batter in baseball — the guy who's holding a bat and waiting for the pitcher to throw the ball.
batter to hit somebody/ something hard a lot of times, especially in way that causes serious injury or damage: He had been badly battered around the head and face. Severe winds have been battering the coast.
BATTER definition: 1. a mixture of flour, milk, and often eggs used to make cakes and pancakes (= thin fried cakes…. Learn more.
To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. The passengers were battered by flying luggage and cargo as the cabin lost pressure. The gang battered him unconscious.
to hit someone or something hard many times, in a way that is noisy or violent: There is not much difference in meaning between these two, but to can be more violent and it is often used figuratively. to beat/batter/pound/lash/hammer somebody/something. Definitions on the go.
