Batter

batter
    n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: {batter},
         {hitter}, {slugger}, {batsman}]
    2: a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk,
       used in cooking
    v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn:
         {buffet}, {knock about}, {batter}]
    2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
       tried to attack her" [syn: {clobber}, {baste}, {batter}]
    3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn:
       {dinge}, {batter}]
    

Batsman \Bats"man\, n.; pl. {Batsmen}.
   The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in
   baseball, the batsman is usually called the {batter}.
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Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
   (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren,
   OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
   strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to
   abate.]
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   1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
      violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
      batter a wall or rampart.
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   2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
      battered jade." --Pope.
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   3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
      compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
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Batter \Bat"ter\, n. [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure,
   bature, a beating. See {Batter}, v. t.]
   1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour,
      eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
      --King.
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   2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland.
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   3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in
      the form.
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Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
   A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding
   slope.
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   {Batter rule}, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame,
      and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall
      is regulated in building.
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Batter \Bat"ter\, v. i. (Arch.)
   To slope gently backward.
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Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), n.
   The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it
   is at bat; formerly called the {batsman}.
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186 Moby Thesaurus words for "batter":
      Beau Brummel, abuse, albumen, amateur athlete, archer, assault,
      athlete, attack, ballplayer, bang, barbarize, baseballer, baseman,
      bash, baste, battery, beat, beat up, belabor, blocking back,
      bombard, bonnyclabber, bowman, bruise, brutalize, buffet, bung,
      bung up, burn, butcher, butter, carry on, catcher, center, clabber,
      clobber, clout, coach, competitor, contuse, cornstarch, cream,
      cricketer, cripple, curd, defensive lineman, destroy, disable,
      disfigure, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, dough, drub,
      egg white, end, flail, flap, footballer, games-player, gamester,
      gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, go on, goo, gook,
      goop, gruel, guard, gumbo, gunk, hammer, harm, hit, ill-treat,
      ill-use, infielder, injure, jam, jell, jelly, jock, jumper, knock,
      knock about, lacerate, lambaste, lame, larrup, lay waste, lineman,
      loblolly, loot, maim, maltreat, mangle, manhandle, maul, mishandle,
      mistreat, molasses, molest, mucilage, mucus, mug, mutilate,
      offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder, outrage, pap, paste,
      patter, pelt, pillage, player, poloist, pommel, porridge, pound,
      professional athlete, pudding, pugilist, pulp, pulverize, pummel,
      puree, putty, quarterback, racer, rage, ramp, rampage, rant, rap,
      rape, rave, riot, roar, rob, rough, rough up, ruin, sack, savage,
      semifluid, semiliquid, shatter, size, skater, slaughter,
      sledgehammer, smite, soup, sow chaos, spank, sport, sportsman,
      starch, sticky mess, storm, strike, syrup, tackle, tailback, tear,
      tear around, terrorize, thrash, thrash soundly, thresh, thump,
      toxophilite, treacle, vandalize, violate, wallop, whip, wingback,
      wreck, wrestler