batter
Meaning
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- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (slang) To intoxicate.
- To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
- (obsolete) To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.
Synonyms
hit repeatedly
uncooked dough
hammerblow
holding a club
bang against
whiffer
inclination pitch
soft dough
wet dough
belabour
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbætə/
Etymology
In summary
table From Middle English bateren, from Old French batre (“to beat”).
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