batter

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. Source: opted

3. v. t. To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly. Source: opted

4. v. t. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. Source: opted

5. v. t. Paste of clay or loam. Source: opted

6. v. t. A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form. Source: opted

7. n. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. Source: opted

8. v. i. To slope gently backward. Source: opted

9. n. One who wields a bat; a batsman. Source: opted

10. n. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting Source: wordnet

11. n. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking Source: wordnet

12. v. strike against forcefully Source: wordnet

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