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Synonyms for batter
ˈbæt ərbat·ter

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. batter

    Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

    Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

    Synonyms:
    bastinado, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

    Antonyms:
    fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

    Preposition:
    Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. batter, hitter, slugger, batsmannoun

    (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

    Synonyms:
    batsman, hitter, striker, slugger, slogger

  2. batterverb

    a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

    Synonyms:
    batsman, hitter, slugger

  3. buffet, knock about, batterverb

    strike against forcefully

    "Winds buffeted the tent"

    Synonyms:
    kick around, clobber, knock about, kick about, buffet, baste, dinge, buff

  4. clobber, baste, batterverb

    strike violently and repeatedly

    "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

    Synonyms:
    drub, cream, knock about, bat, buffet, tack, thrash, baste, lick, dinge, clobber

  5. dinge, batterverb

    make a dent or impression in

    "dinge a soft hat"

    Synonyms:
    baste, clobber, dinge, buffet, knock about

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. batterverb

    Synonyms:
    beat, smite, pelt, dash against

  2. batterverb

    Synonyms:
    bruise, break, shatter, shiver, smash, demolish, destroy, strike down, knock down, shake to pieces, shiver to pieces

  3. batterverb

    Synonyms:
    (Masonry.) slope backward

  4. batternoun

    Synonyms:
    (Masonry.) slope backward

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. batterverb

    Synonyms:
    smite, pelt, assault, demolish, raze, shatter

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "batter":

    hitter, drummer, pulp, batting, dough, paste, slugger, catcher

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How to use batter in a sentence?

  1. Alvin Dark, former baseball coach:

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

  2. Jackie Mills:

    I just got a mini doughnut pan, and it makes the cutest desserts. It's probably four bites, so you can bake a regular cake batter in it and have automatic portion control.

  3. Jeremy Ben-Ami:

    It's kind of like saying, you've got a baseball batter who's in a slump and so -- what they've been doing -- they look at the videotape and instead of like doing a better swing, they just start hitting the umpire with the bat. Yeah, doing something different -- but it has to make sense what you're doing, i don't think anybody who's been involved with this will say what we did worked... but that doesn't mean that this is the right approach.

  4. Omar Khayym:

    Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultn after Sultn with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way.

  5. Ashima:

    Water batter ground, I chatter around, no jitter sound, but litter mound!


Translations for batter

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  • خليطArabic
  • бия, блъскам, разнебитвам, тесто, наклон, отстъп, запой, бухамBulgarian
  • batedorCatalan, Valencian
  • těsto, pálkařCzech
  • prügeln, Saufgelage, Gelage, Trinkgelage, einbacken, panieren, Besäufnis, Batter, Backteig, PanadeGerman
  • κλίση, κουρκούτι, χτυπώGreek
  • rebozar, empanar, apanar, batido, pendiente, bateador, apalear, botellónSpanish
  • ryyppyputki, piestä, hakata, leivittää, tiristystaikina, frityyritaikina, kuorruttaa, lyöjä, kakkutaikina, lettutaikina, rinne, pahoinpidelläFinnish
  • frappeur, batteurFrench
  • tésztaHungarian
  • pastoIdo
  • battere, impasto, battitore, gozzoviglia, bisboccia, pastellaItalian
  • バッター, 打者Japanese
  • 반죽Korean
  • røre, pryleNorwegian
  • beslagDutch
  • røreNorwegian Nynorsk
  • slåNorwegian
  • ciasto, pałkarzPolish
  • polme, batedor, bater, espancarPortuguese
  • избивать, бьющий, запо́й, тесто, бэттер, избить, поколотить, колотитьRussian
  • slagman, smet, panera, misshandlaSwedish

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