batter

1. 1.

   strike against forcefully

   “Winds buffeted the tent”

   Synonymsbuffetknock about

   Broaderstrike
2. 2.

   strike violently and repeatedly

   “She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”

   Synonymsclobberbaste

   Broaderbeat
3. 3.

   make a dent or impression in

   “dinge a soft hat”

   Synonymsdinge

   Broaderchange shape

1. 1.

   (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

   Synonymshittersluggerbatsman

   Broaderballplayer

   Narrowerbunterdesignated hitterpinch hitterswitch-hitterwhiffer

   baseball

2. 2.

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

   Broaderconcoction

   Narrowerpuff batterpancake batterfritter batter

Other forms of batter

plural

batters·

past tense

batterred·

present participle

batterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about batter

What does batter mean?

batter means "strike against forcefully". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in batter?

batter has 2 syllables: bat-ter. The stress falls on "bat". In IPA it is /ˈbætɚ/.

What is another word for batter?

Close synonyms include buffet, knock about, clobber, baste, dinge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is batter a common word?

batter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.