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batter

 
Noun batter has 2 senses
  1. batter, hitter, slugger, batsman - (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
    --1 is a kind of ballplayer, baseball player
    --1 has particulars:
     bunter; designated hitter; pinch hitter; switch-hitter; whiffer
    Derived form: verb bat1
  2. batter - a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon
    --2 is a kind of
    concoction, mixture, intermixture
    --2 has particulars:
     puff batter, pouf paste, pate a choux; pancake batter; fritter batter
Verb batter has 3 senses
  1. buffet, knock about, batter - strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
    --1 is one way to strike
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. clobber, baste, batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
    --2 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
    Sample sentence:
    They want to batter the prisoners
  3. dinge, batter - make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"
    --3 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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