Definition of Batter

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Batter

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.

To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.

To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.

Paste of clay or loam.

A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

To slope gently backward.

One who wields a bat; a batsman.

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Batter Quotations

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.
Satchel Paige

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
Ty Cobb

Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.
Alvin Dark

Batter strikeouts continue to go up like the Consumer Price Index.
Leonard Robert Davids

Batter Translations

batter in German is verbeule, zerschlagen
batter in Swedish is piska

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