To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
The firemen battered down the door.
To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
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.
An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
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The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.