batter
71Batter — Bat|ter 〈[bæ̣tə(r)] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: ; Sport; Baseball〉 derjenige Spieler, der am Schlag ist [Etym.: <engl. bat »Schläger, Schlagknüppel«] …
72batter — bat·ter || bætÉ™ n. one who wields a bat (in a game of baseball, cricket, etc.); baking mixture v. strike, beat, hit repeatedly …
73batter — To slope inward (receding from bottom to top), often almost imperceptibly, or such an inward slope of a wall. Walls have most often been battered for structural reasons. Also see architecture and declivity …
74batter — batter1 verb 1》 strike repeatedly with hard blows. ↘subject (one s spouse, partner, or child) to repeated violence and assault. 2》 [usu. as noun battering] criticize severely or defeat heavily. Derivatives batterer noun Origin ME: from OFr.… …
75batter — I. v. a. 1. Beat, smite, pelt, dash against. 2. Bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces. 3. Indent, wear, wear away, abrade, deface, mar, disfigure. II. v. n. 1. Attack… …
76Batter — 1) A sloping part of a curtain wall. The sharp angle at the base of all walls and towers along their exterior surface. Built to protect the base of the wall against attack and increase its stability. 2) Lower sloping surface of a wall linking a… …
77batter — verb they took turns battering the effigy Syn: pummel, pound, hit repeatedly, buffet, thrash, beat up, clobber, trounce, rain blows on; informal knock around/about, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a good hiding, lay into, lace into …
78batter — I v 1. beat, beat up, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, thrash, trounce, pelt, Sl. paste, Sl. clobber, Archaic. belabor; maul, manhandle, rough up, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give one the works; smite, hit, strike, slap, smack, cuff, buffet,… …
79batter — bat·ter …
80batter — verb Syn: beat up, hit repeatedly, pummel, pound, rain blows on, buffet, belabour, thrash; informal knock about/around, lay into, do over …
