Batter
verb
To hit someone or something hard many times, especially in a way that causes serious damage.
He was arrested for battering his wife.
Often appears as...
- batter someone
- batter something down
noun
A mixture of flour, eggs, and milk or water that is used in cooking, especially for making pancakes or for coating food before frying it.
Prepare the pancake batter by mixing all of the ingredients in a bowl.
Often appears as...
- pancake batter
- cake batter
noun
The player in the game of baseball or cricket who is currently trying to hit the ball.
The batter hit the ball all the way to the outfield.
Often appears as...
- right-handed batter
- left-handed batter
verb
To beat or damage with repeated blows.
The storm battered the ships on the sea.
Often appears as...
- batter by storm
- batter down
verb
To hit someone or something hard many times, especially in a way that causes serious damage.
He was arrested for battering his wife.
Often appears as...
- batter someone
- batter something down
noun
A mixture of flour, eggs, and milk or water that is used in cooking, especially for making pancakes or for coating food before frying it.
Prepare the pancake batter by mixing all of the ingredients in a bowl.
Often appears as...
- pancake batter
- cake batter
noun
The player in the game of baseball or cricket who is currently trying to hit the ball.
The batter hit the ball all the way to the outfield.
Often appears as...
- right-handed batter
- left-handed batter
verb
To beat or damage with repeated blows.
The storm battered the ships on the sea.
Often appears as...
- batter by storm
- batter down
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Severe Force
Used to imply strong, repeated force causing damage or injury.
The door was battered in the burglary.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Violence
Can indicate violence against another person, often in domestic contexts.
The evidence showed he had battered the victim.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries a heavy emotional connotation when referring to abuse.
She joined a support group for battered individuals.
Pro Tip 1/3Severe Force
Used to imply strong, repeated force causing damage or injury.
The door was battered in the burglary.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Violence
Can indicate violence against another person, often in domestic contexts.
The evidence showed he had battered the victim.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries a heavy emotional connotation when referring to abuse.
She joined a support group for battered individuals.
Pro Tip 1/3Severe Force
Used to imply strong, repeated force causing damage or injury.
The door was battered in the burglary.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Violence
Can indicate violence against another person, often in domestic contexts.
The evidence showed he had battered the victim.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries a heavy emotional connotation when referring to abuse.
She joined a support group for battered individuals.
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Jackson Katz: Violence...
and standing with women and not against them and pretending that somehow this is a battle between the sexes and other kinds of nonsense. We live in the world together. And by the way, one of the things that really bothers me about some of the rhetoric against feminists and others who have built the battered women's and rape crisis movements around the world
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A Quest to Find Canada’s...
the world for storm watching and that you can see you've got this wave vatted Pacific West Coast and then there's rainforest coated mountains that drop straight down to the shoreline it's not tropical rainforest it's temperate rainforest and you know it's incredibly green incredibly luscious and behind that wave battered front line is this
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WorldSpace: The world’s...
battered by all the kinds of things that have been discussed here and yet a hope that was so resilient I hope that that was so powerful that left a kernel of optimism and that has that has been an engine in the passion and in the mission that has been my life's work which is
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The story we tell about...
And when that failed, when we realized we were still brutalized and battered, we had to let the world know that our lives still mattered. Now, when technology allows more video of our pain and struggle to be broadcast to the world, we wonder, like, what is next?
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Why domestic violence...
pulled the key out of the car ignition as I drove down the highway, poured coffee grinds on my head as I dressed for a job interview, I never once thought of myself as a battered wife. Instead, I was a very strong woman in love with a deeply troubled man,
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Incredible Life in the...
coral reefs have been taking a battering you might say they've been suffering a lot from climate change already it's how important is it that we protect the reef and preserve the ecosystem it's down there actually I believe that the
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Sting: How I started...
but at the age of eight, I was bequeathed a guitar. It was a battered old thing with five rusty strings, and was out of tune, but quickly I learned to play it and realized that I'd found a friend for life,
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
The strangers watched intently as Baucis nestled twigs under a battered pot filled with vegetables. The couple could rarely afford meat, but in honor of their guests,
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Big Horn Bash PIPE Untamed...
two layers of skull protect their brains the fight lasts for hours each Ram battering the other dozens of times
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Baby Penguin Escapes...
he gets his battered baby back nothing is more important than the safety of your young
Video examples
Jackson Katz: Violence...
and standing with women and not against them and pretending that somehow this is a battle between the sexes and other kinds of nonsense. We live in the world together. And by the way, one of the things that really bothers me about some of the rhetoric against feminists and others who have built the battered women's and rape crisis movements around the world
Video examples
A Quest to Find Canada’s...
the world for storm watching and that you can see you've got this wave vatted Pacific West Coast and then there's rainforest coated mountains that drop straight down to the shoreline it's not tropical rainforest it's temperate rainforest and you know it's incredibly green incredibly luscious and behind that wave battered front line is this
Video examples
WorldSpace: The world’s...
battered by all the kinds of things that have been discussed here and yet a hope that was so resilient I hope that that was so powerful that left a kernel of optimism and that has that has been an engine in the passion and in the mission that has been my life's work which is
Video examples
The story we tell about...
And when that failed, when we realized we were still brutalized and battered, we had to let the world know that our lives still mattered. Now, when technology allows more video of our pain and struggle to be broadcast to the world, we wonder, like, what is next?
Video examples
Why domestic violence...
pulled the key out of the car ignition as I drove down the highway, poured coffee grinds on my head as I dressed for a job interview, I never once thought of myself as a battered wife. Instead, I was a very strong woman in love with a deeply troubled man,
Video examples
Incredible Life in the...
coral reefs have been taking a battering you might say they've been suffering a lot from climate change already it's how important is it that we protect the reef and preserve the ecosystem it's down there actually I believe that the
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
but at the age of eight, I was bequeathed a guitar. It was a battered old thing with five rusty strings, and was out of tune, but quickly I learned to play it and realized that I'd found a friend for life,
Video examples
The myth of Zeus' test -...
The strangers watched intently as Baucis nestled twigs under a battered pot filled with vegetables. The couple could rarely afford meat, but in honor of their guests,
Video examples
Big Horn Bash PIPE Untamed...
two layers of skull protect their brains the fight lasts for hours each Ram battering the other dozens of times
Video examples
Baby Penguin Escapes...
he gets his battered baby back nothing is more important than the safety of your young
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.
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James Vincent McMorrow
Irish Musician
You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I play with my hands a lot - I don't really play with picks.
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Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
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Rick Allen
Musician
I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.
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Owen Jones
British Journalist
Britain's unions were broken and battered by Thatcherism and never recovered.
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Clive Lewis
Every time the Tories are in government, our democracy takes a battering.
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Christy Mathewson
American Athlete
Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.
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Owen Farrell
English Athlete
You don't really get fly-halves battering each other.
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George Herman
American Journalist
Striking out batters was easy.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
Quote examples
Jim Morrison
American Singer
Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.
Quote examples
James Vincent McMorrow
Irish Musician
You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I play with my hands a lot - I don't really play with picks.
Quote examples
Jack Kerouac
American Novelist
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
Quote examples
Rick Allen
Musician
I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.
Quote examples
Owen Jones
British Journalist
Britain's unions were broken and battered by Thatcherism and never recovered.
Quote examples
Clive Lewis
Every time the Tories are in government, our democracy takes a battering.
Quote examples
Christy Mathewson
American Athlete
Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.
Quote examples
Owen Farrell
English Athlete
You don't really get fly-halves battering each other.
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George Herman
American Journalist
Striking out batters was easy.
Example 1 of 10
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