batter: Meaning and Definition of

bat•ter

1. to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.
2. to damage by beating or hard usage: Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast.

1. to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily: continuing to batter at the front door.

1. a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
2. the resulting defect in print.

bat•ter

1. a mixture of flour, milk or water, eggs, etc., beaten together for use in cookery.

1. to coat with batter.

bat•ter

1. a player who swings a bat or whose turn it is to bat, as in baseball or cricket.

bat•ter

1. (of the face of a wall or the like) to slope backward and upward.

1. a backward and upward slope of the face of a wall or the like.