batter has definitions from the fields of food,baseball,sport,games
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[ verb ] strike against forcefully

Synonyms

buffet knock_about

Examples

"Winds buffeted the tent"

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

The waves of a 1923 tsunami in Sagami_Bay brought to the surface and battered to death huge numbers of fishes that normally live at a depth of 3000 feet .

Related terms

strike

2
[ noun ] (baseball,sport,games) a ballplayer who is batting

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Then Dick_Hyde , submarine_ball hurler , entered the contest and only five batters needed to face him before there existed a 3 - to 3 deadlock .

Lumpe worked a walk as the first batter to face Hyde and romped around as Siebern blasted Hyde 's next toss 415 feet over the scoreboard in right center .

3
[ verb ] strike violently and repeatedly

Synonyms

clobber baste

Examples

"She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

Related terms

beat

4
[ verb ] make a dent or impression in

Synonyms

dinge

Examples

"dinge a soft hat"

Related terms

change_shape

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[ noun ] (food) a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
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