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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbætə/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbætəɹ/|[ˈbæɾɚ]|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-batter.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-batter.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{homophones|en|badder|qq1=in accents with [[flapping]]}}
* {{rhymes|en|ætə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etymid|en|verb}}
From {{inh|en|enm|bateren}}, from {{der|en|fro|batre||to beat}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To [[hit]] or [[strike]] [[violently]] and [[repeatedly]].
#: {{ux|en|The firemen '''battered''' down the door.}}
#* {{RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine|part=1|scene=ii|page=61|passage=The golden ſtature of their feathered bird<br>That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,<br>Shall not defend it from our '''battering''' ſhot.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022 November 2|author=Paul Bigland|title=New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery|journal=RAIL|issue=969|pages=56–57|text=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.}}
# {{lb|en|cooking}} To [[coat]] with [[#Noun|batter]] (the food ingredient).
#: {{ux|en|I prefer it when they '''batter''' the cod with breadcrumbs.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} To [[defeat]] [[soundly]]; to [[thrash]].
#: {{syn|en|thrash}}
#: {{ux|en|Leeds United '''battered''' Charlton 7-0.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2018 June 24|author=Sam Wallace|title=[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2018/06/24/england-vs-panama-world-cup-2018-live-score-latest-updates/ {{w|Harry Kane}} scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification]|journal=Telegraph (UK)|accessdate=24 June 2018|text=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.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|slang|usually in the passive}} To [[intoxicate]].
#: {{syn|en|intoxicate}}
#: {{ux|en|That cocktail will '''batter''' you!}}
#: {{ux|en|I was '''battered''' last night on our pub crawl.}}
# {{lb|en|metalworking}} To [[flatten]] ([[metal]]) by [[hammer]]ing, so as to [[compress]] it [[inwardly]] and [[spread]] it [[outwardly]].
# {{lb|en|UK|obsolete}} To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.<ref>Joseph Wright (editor). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_English_Dialect_Dictionary_Being_the/ga0yAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: A-E]. 1898.</ref>
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1826|author=Thomas Beveridge|title=A Practical Treatise on the Forms of Process...|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Practical_Treatise_on_the_Forms_of_Pro/BYEDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22battered+on%22&pg=PA454&printsec=frontcover|text=the bible mentioned in the oath emitted this day , by Andrew Murison , as the book and bible from whence the printed leaves , '''battered''' on the B. L. Coy's notes , now challenged as forged , are alleged to be taken}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|battered child syndrome}}
* {{l|en|battered person syndrome}}
* {{l|en|battered sav}}
* {{l|en|battered woman syndrome}}
*{{l|en|batterable}}
*{{l|en|batteree}}
* {{l|en|battering ram}}
* {{l|en|battering train}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to hit or strike violently and repeatedly}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бия}}, {{t+|bg|бухам}}, {{t+|bg|блъскам}}, {{t+|bg|разнебитвам}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|slå}}, {{t|da|slå ind}}, {{t+|da|banke}}, {{t+|da|smadre}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|inslaan}}, (of doors) {{t+|nl|rammen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|bati}}, {{t|eo|batadi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hakata}}, {{t+|fi|pahoinpidellä}}, {{t+|fi|piestä}}
* German: (of doors) {{t+|de|rammen}}, (of humans, animals) {{t+|de|prügeln}}, {{t+|de|schlagen}}, {{t|de|auf etwas einprügeln}}, {{t+|de|zerschmettern}}, {{t+|de|zusammenschlagen}}, {{t+|de|einschlagen}}, {{t+|de|verprügeln}}, {{t+|de|bombardieren}}, {{t+|de|zerschlagen}}, {{t+|de|einstoßen}}, {{t+|de|klopfen}}, {{t+|de|beschießen}}, {{t|de|heftig schlagen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χτυπώ|sc=Grek}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tuargain}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|battere}}
* Latin: {{t|la|tundō}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|те́па}}, {{t|mk|би́е}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tātā}}, {{t|mi|tukituki}}, {{t|mi|koheri}}, {{t|mi|taitai}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|slå}}
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|pryle}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bater}}, {{t+|pt|espancar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|bate}}, {{t+|ro|lovi}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|избива́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|изби́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|колоти́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|поколоти́ть|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|apalear}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|misshandla}}
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{{trans-top|to coat with batter}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|arrebossar}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|panere}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|paneren}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|panumi}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|taikinoida}}, {{t|fi|[[kastaa]] [[friteeraustaikina]]an}}, {{t|fi|[[kastaa]] [[uppopaistotaikina]]an}}
* German: {{t+|de|panieren}}, {{t+|de|einbacken}}
* Italian: {{t|it|pastellare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|empanar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|apanar}}, {{t+|es|rebozar}}, {{t+|es|empanar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|panera}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|rebosahin}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to flatten metal}}
* Danish: {{t|da|hamre}}, {{t|da|udbanke}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|platwalsen}}
* German: {{t|de|plattschlagen}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|takapapa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====References====
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===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|en|noun}}
From {{inh|en|enm|bature}}, from {{der|en|fro|bateure||the action of beating}}, from {{m|fro|batre||to beat}}. {{doublet|en|batture}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|cooking|countable|uncountable}} A [[beaten]] mixture of [[flour]] and [[liquid]] (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. [[pancakes]], [[cake]], or [[Yorkshire pudding]]) or to [[coat]] food (e.g. fish) prior to [[frying]].
#: {{ux|en|To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake '''batter'''.}}
# {{lb|en|countable|slang}} A [[binge]]; a [[heavy]] [[drink]]ing [[session]].
#: {{syn|en|bender|binge}}
#: {{ux|en|When he went on a '''batter''', he became very violent.}}
# A [[paste]] of [[clay]] or [[loam]].
#* {{RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World|passage=The '''batter''' or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]}}
# {{lb|en|countable|printing}} A [[bruise]] on the [[face]] of a [[plate]] or of [[type]] in the [[form]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1881|title=The Printing Times and Lithographer|page=251
|passage=In repairing '''batters''' at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|batterable|battercake|batteree|batterless|batterlike|baby batter|fanny batter|batter bread}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|beaten mixture of flour and liquid}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ҡамыр}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|тесто}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|barreja|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|麵糊|tr=miànhù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|těsto|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dej|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|beslag|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|taikina}} {{q|generic}}, {{t|fi|[[löysä]] [[taikina]]}} {{q|generic descriptor}}, {{t|fi|kakkutaikina}} {{q|cake batter}}, {{t+|fi|lettutaikina}} {{q|pancake batter}}, {{t|fi|friteeraustaikina}} {{q|batter for coating before deep-frying}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pâte|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|amoado|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Backteig|m}}, {{t|de|Ausbackteig|m}}, {{t+|de|Teig|m}}, {{t+|de|Pfannkuchenteig|m}}, {{t|de|Eischwerteig|m}}, {{t|de|dünner Teig|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κουρκούτι|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tészta}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|pasto}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fuidreamh|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|impasto}}, {{t+|it|pastella|f}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|반죽}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|те́сто|n}}, {{t+|mk|ка́ша|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pokeranu}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|farce|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|røre|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|røre|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ciasto|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|polme|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|те́сто|n}}, {{t+|ru|кляр|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|batido|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|smet|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ті́сто|n}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|cytew|m}}
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{{trans-top|binge}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|запой}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zuippartij}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ryyppyputki}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gelage|n}}, {{t+|de|Trinkgelage|n}}, {{t+|de|Saufgelage|n}}, {{t+|de|Besäufnis|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bisboccia|f}}, {{t+|it|gozzoviglia|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пи́јанка|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|запо́й|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|botellón|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cló brúite|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
{{unk|en}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|architecture}} To [[slope]] (of walls, buildings etc.).

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|batter rule}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a slope}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наклон}}, {{t|bg|отстъп}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rinne}}
* German: {{t+|de|Neigung|f}}, {{t+|de|Böschung|f}}, {{t+|de|Anlauf|m}}, {{t+|de|Dossierung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κλίση}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pānakitanga}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pendiente|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{suffix|en|bat|er|id2=agent noun|pos2=agent noun suffix}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|baseball}} The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
#: {{syn|en|hitter|[[batsman]] {{q|rare}}}}
#: {{ux|en|The first '''batter''' hit the ball into the corner for a double.}}
# {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[player]] of the [[batting]] [[side]] now on the [[field]].
# {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[player]] now [[receiving]] [[strike]]; the [[striker]].
# {{lb|en|cricket}} Any player selected for his or her [[team]] principally to [[bat]], as opposed to a [[bowler]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Brendon McCullum|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-sri-lanka-2014-15/content/story/817747.html|title=ESPNcricnfo
|passage=It's hard to put this on his shoulders while the guy is so young, but I firmly believe Kane could go down as New Zealand's greatest ever '''batter'''.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|all cricket senses}} {{l|en|batsman}}

=====Hypernyms=====
* {{sense|all cricket senses}} {{l|en|cricketer}}

=====Hyponyms=====
* {{sense|all cricket senses}} {{l|en|batsman}}, {{l|en|batswoman}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|batter's box|batter up|dust off a batter}}

=====Related terms=====
{{rel3|en|title=baseball|
|at bat
|bat
|baseball bat
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|player attempting to hit the ball}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|batedor|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|击球手}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|pálkař|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|slagman|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lyöjä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|batteur|m}}, {{t+|fr|frappeur|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Batter|m}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बल्लेबाज़}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|ütő}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|kylfingur|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|battitore}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|打者|tr=だしゃ, dasha|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|バッター|tr=battā|sc=Jpan}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaihauhau}}, {{t|mi|kaipao}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pałkarz|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|batedor|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бэ́ттер|m}}, {{t+|ru|бью́щий|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bateador}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|slagman|c}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abertt|Tarbet|tabret}}

{{cln|en|agent nouns|terms with early reduction of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/}}
{{C|en|Violence}}

==Danish==

===Verb===
{{head|da|verb form}}

# {{infl of|da|batte||pres}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-batter.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|batteren||bare-verb}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-batter.wav}}

===Verb===
{{fr-verb}}

# {{lb|fr|sports}} to [[bat]]

====Conjugation====
{{fr-conj-auto}}

==Italian==

===Verb===
{{it-verb|apoc=1}}

# {{apocopic form of|it|battere}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|it|in un batter d'occhio}}

==Luxembourgish==

===Etymology===
{{root|lb|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}}
{{dercat|lb|gem-pro|inh=1}}
From {{inh|lb|goh|bittar}}, from {{inh|lb|gmw-pro|*bitr}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lb|/ˈbater/|[ˈbɑ.tɐ]}}

===Adjective===
{{lb-adj}}

# [[bitter]]

====Declension====
{{lb-decl-adj}}

===See also===
* {{list:tastes/lb}}

==Romansch==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|rm|batar||Sutsilvan}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rm|la|batto|battere}}, from earlier {{m|la|battuo|battuere}}.

===Verb===
{{rm-verb}}

# {{lb|rm|Rumantsch Grischun}} To [[beat]].

====Derived terms====
* {{l|rm|batta-ovs}}
* {{l|rm|battasenda}}

==Scots==

===Noun===
{{sco-noun|-}}

# A {{l|en|batter}}.
# A [[glue]]; [[paste]].