batter
English
/ˈbætə(ɹ)/, /ˈbætəɹ/
verb
Definitions
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (UK) To intoxicate.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French batre (beat).
Origin
Old French
batre
Gloss
beat
Concept
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Ontological Category
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- battercake English
- batteree English
- batterer English
- battereth English
- batterless English
- batterlike English
- cake English
- battere Latin
- battuō Latin
- battō Latin
- battō, battere, batto Latin
- バッター Japanese
- baterie Old French
- bateure Old French
- batre Old French
- battre Norman
- battre Middle French
- bate Walloon
- baitre Bourguignon