batter in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
batter in Sindhi سنڌي
batter in English
- batter⇄batter (1), verb, noun.
- batter⇄batter (2), noun, verb.
- batter⇄batter (3), noun.
the player whose turn it is to bat in baseball, cricket, and similar games. Also, (British,) batsman. - batter⇄batter (4), verb, noun.
- batter⇄noun (Printing.)1. a damaged place on the face of printing type or a stereotype plate.
2. a blur or defect in a sheet produced by bruised type.
3. the damaged type. - batter⇄noun a decrease in thickness of a wall from base to top, made by slanting the outer face.
- batter⇄noun a thick liquid mixture of flour, milk, and eggs that becomes solid when cooked. Cakes, pancakes, and muffins are made from batter. A batter may always be poured, as distinguished from ?dough.
- batter⇄noun batterer.
- batter⇄v.i. to inflict repeated blows; pound.
Ex. to batter away at a door. - batter⇄v.i., v.t. to slant gradually backward from the base, as a retaining wall.
- batter⇄v.t. to make into a batter.
- batter⇄v.t. 1a. to strike with repeated blows so as to break, or get out of shape; pound.
Ex. The fireman battered the door down with a heavy ax. (Figurative.) Blizzards battered Britain for the third day (Wall Street Journal).
b. to repeatedly bea