batter

  1. Verb.  To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
  2. Verb.  To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
  3. Verb.  To defeat soundly; to thrash.
  4. Verb.  (UK, slang) To intoxicate.
  5. Noun.  A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
  6. Noun.  A binge, a heavy drinking session.
  7. Verb.  (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
  8. Noun.  An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
  9. Noun.  The person who tries to hit the ball in a sport like baseball.
  10. Noun.  (cricket) A batsman.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.