batter
/ˈbætə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.56 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
verb
To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
Example Sentences
- "The firemen battered down the door."
- "The golden ſtature of their feathered bird That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals, Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot."
- "The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea."
- "I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs."
- "Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0."
- "There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had."
Etymology
From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbætə/
- British English: /ˈbætə/
Usage
- British usage
- Slang
- Obsolete
- Countable
- Uncountable