From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
Meanings
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
The firemen battered down the door.
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:
To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
(figuratively) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
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:
Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
(UK, passive, slang, usually) To intoxicate.
That cocktail will batter you!
I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
(UK, obsolete) To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.
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...:
ro lovi (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · ca apallissar (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · mi taitai (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · mi tukituki (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de zerschmettern (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · da slå ind (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · nl inslaan (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · gl rebozar (to coat with batter) · ga tuargain (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · nl rammen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · es empanar (to coat with batter) · bg бия (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · ru поколоти́ть (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · nb pryle (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · es apanar (to coat with batter) · de einschlagen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · ca arrebossar (to coat with batter) · pt bater (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · bg блъскам (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de zusammenschlagen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · pt empanar (to coat with batter) · fi pahoinpidellä (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · da slå (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de klopfen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de einbacken (to coat with batter) · de zerschlagen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · tl rebosahin (to coat with batter) · de heftig schlagen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · fi hakata (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · mi takapapa (to flatten metal) · mk те́па (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de panieren (to coat with batter) · eo batadi (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · ru изби́ть (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · it pastellare (to coat with batter) · gl bater (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · ro bate (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de bombardieren (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de schlagen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de beschießen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de prügeln (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · da udbanke (to flatten metal) · ru колоти́ть (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · fi taikinoida (to coat with batter) · da hamre (to flatten metal) · sv panera (to coat with batter) · de plattschlagen (to flatten metal) · no slå (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de rammen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · la tundō (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de verprügeln (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · nl paneren (to coat with batter) · pt espancar (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · mi tātā (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · mk би́е (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · da banke (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · eo panumi (to coat with batter) · ca estomacar (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · gl bater (to flatten metal) · es rebozar (to coat with batter) · eo bati (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · gl empanar (to coat with batter) · fi kastaa uppopaistotaikinaan (to coat with batter) · da panere (to coat with batter) · ru избива́ть (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · mi koheri (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · bg разнебитвам (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · sv misshandla (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · it battere (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · da smadre (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · de einstoßen (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · el χτυπώ (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · fi piestä (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · es apalear (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · fi kastaa friteeraustaikinaan (to coat with batter) · de auf etwas einprügeln (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly) · nl platwalsen (to flatten metal) · bg бухам (to hit or strike violently and repeatedly)
From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”). Doublet of batture.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
(countable, uncountable) A paste of clay or loam.
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:
(countable) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
In repairing batters at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side. 1881, The Printing Times and Lithographer, page 251:
ga fuidreamh (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · it pastella (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · da dej (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · pl ciasto (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · it gozzoviglia (binge) · fi löysä taikina (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · tr sulu hamur (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · ko 반죽 (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · fi ryyppyputki (binge) · fi lettutaikina (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · mi pokeranu (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de Teig (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · pt massa (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de Trinkgelage (binge) · bg запой (binge) · ru запо́й (binge) · fr pâte (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · mk пи́јанка (binge) · de Eischwerteig (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · bg тесто (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de Ausbackteig (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · ga cló brúite (bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form) · de Pfannkuchenteig (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · cs těsto (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · el κουρκούτι (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · nl beslag (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de Gelage (binge) · tr hamur (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · pt polme (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · uk ті́сто (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · nb røre (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de dünner Teig (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de Besäufnis (binge) · io pasto (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · nl zuippartij (binge) · gl amoado (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · ru те́сто (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · nrf farce (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · ca barreja (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de Saufgelage (binge) · sv smet (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · nn røre (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · es rebozado (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · ba ҡамыр (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · cy cytew (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · tr bulamaç (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · ru кляр (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · mk те́сто (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · cmn 麵糊 /面糊 (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · fi kakkutaikina (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · fi friteeraustaikina (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · it bisboccia (binge) · mk ка́ша (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · de Backteig (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · hu tészta (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · fi putki (binge) · it impasto (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · es batido (beaten mixture of flour and liquid) · es botellón (binge) · fi taikina (beaten mixture of flour and liquid)
de Böschung (a slope) · mi pānakitanga (a slope) · de Anlauf (a slope) · de Dossierung (a slope) · el κλίση (a slope) · fi rinne (a slope) · bg наклон (a slope) · es pendiente (a slope) · bg отстъп (a slope) · de Neigung (a slope)
Etymology tree
English bat
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English batter
From bat + -er (agent noun suffix).
Meanings
The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
A player of the batting side now on the field.
The player now receiving strike; the striker.
Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
It's hard to put this on his shoulders while the guy is so young, but I firmly believe Kane could go down as New Zealand's greatest ever batter. 2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo:
cs pálkař (player attempting to hit the ball) · pl pałkarz (player attempting to hit the ball) · mi kaihauhau (player attempting to hit the ball) · hi बल्लेबाज़ (player attempting to hit the ball) · nl slagman (player attempting to hit the ball) · ko 타자 (player attempting to hit the ball) · es bateador (player attempting to hit the ball) · hu ütő (player attempting to hit the ball) · it battitore (player attempting to hit the ball) · cmn 击球手 (player attempting to hit the ball) · pt batedor (player attempting to hit the ball) · ja バッター (player attempting to hit the ball) · ur بلے باز (player attempting to hit the ball) · is kylfingur (player attempting to hit the ball) · de Batter (player attempting to hit the ball) · ru бэ́ттер (player attempting to hit the ball) · ca batedor (player attempting to hit the ball) · fr batteur (player attempting to hit the ball) · ko 배터 (player attempting to hit the ball) · ru бью́щий (player attempting to hit the ball) · fr frappeur (player attempting to hit the ball) · sv slagman (player attempting to hit the ball) · mi kaipao (player attempting to hit the ball) · fi lyöjä (player attempting to hit the ball) · ja 打者 (player attempting to hit the ball)