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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Batter \Bat"ter\, noun [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See {Batter}, verb (used with an object)]
1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. --King.
2. Paste of clay or loam. --Holland.
3. (Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Batter \Bat"ter\, noun A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
{Batter rule}, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Batter \Bat"ter\, verb (used without an object) (Arch.) To slope gently backward.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), noun The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the {batsman}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Batsman \Bats"man\, noun; pl. {Batsmen}. The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in baseball, the batsman is usually called the {batter}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Battered} (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to abate.]
1. 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.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. ''Each battered jade.'' --Pope.
3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
batter
noun
1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: {hitter}, {slugger}, {batsman}]
2: a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
verb
1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: {buffet}, {knock about}]
2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: {clobber}, {baste}]
3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn: {dinge}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
186 Moby Thesaurus words for "batter": Beau Brummel, abuse, albumen, amateur athlete, archer, assault, athlete, attack, ballplayer, bang, barbarize, baseballer, baseman, bash, baste, battery, beat, beat up, belabor, blocking back, bombard, bonnyclabber, bowman, bruise, brutalize, buffet, bung, bung up, burn, butcher, butter, carry on, catcher, center, clabber, clobber, clout, coach, competitor, contuse, cornstarch, cream, cricketer, cripple, curd, defensive lineman, destroy, disable, disfigure, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, dough, drub, egg white, end, flail, flap, footballer, games-player, gamester, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, go on, goo, gook, goop, gruel, guard, gumbo, gunk, hammer, harm, hit, ill-treat, ill-use, infielder, injure, jam, jell, jelly, jock, jumper, knock, knock about, lacerate, lambaste, lame, larrup, lay waste, lineman, loblolly, loot, maim, maltreat, mangle, manhandle, maul, mishandle, mistreat, molasses, molest, mucilage, mucus, mug, mutilate, offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder, outrage, pap, paste, patter, pelt, pillage, player, poloist, pommel, porridge, pound, professional athlete, pudding, pugilist, pulp, pulverize, pummel, puree, putty, quarterback, racer, rage, ramp, rampage, rant, rap, rape, rave, riot, roar, rob, rough, rough up, ruin, sack, savage, semifluid, semiliquid, shatter, size, skater, slaughter, sledgehammer, smite, soup, sow chaos, spank, sport, sportsman, starch, sticky mess, storm, strike, syrup, tackle, tailback, tear, tear around, terrorize, thrash, thrash soundly, thresh, thump, toxophilite, treacle, vandalize, violate, wallop, whip, wingback, wreck, wrestler
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