Batter Meaning
/ˈbætə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
verbTo coat with batter (the food ingredient).
Sentence Examples
The manager sent the bunt sign to the batter.
To be a good batter, you've got to hang loose and follow your instincts.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For the pancakes, please mix the flour and eggs into a smooth ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She mixed the flour and milk to make the ____ for the morning pancakes.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The golden ſtature of their feathered bird
That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,
Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot."
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene ii:
"The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea."
— 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, pages 56–57:
"There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had."
— 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 Jun 2018:
"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"
— 1826, Thomas Beveridge, A Practical Treatise on the Forms of Process...:
"The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]"
— 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For the pancakes, please mix the flour and eggs into a smooth ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She mixed the flour and milk to make the ____ for the morning pancakes.