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noun | verb batterbatter1 /ˈbæt̮ɚ/ ●○○ noun ETYMOLOGYbatter1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French batre or English bat to hit 1 [countable, uncountable] a mixture of flour, eggs, milk, etc., used for making cakes, some types of bread, etc.: pancake batter2[countable] the person who is trying to hit the ball in baseball noun | verb batterbatter2 verb [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] ETYMOLOGYbatter2Origin: (1) 1400-1500 Probably from ➔ BATTER1 (2) 1800-1900 ➔ BAT2 VERB TABLEbatter |
Present | I, you, we, they | batter | | he, she, it | batters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | battered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have battered | | he, she, it | has battered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had battered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will batter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have battered |
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Present | I | am battering | | he, she, it | is battering | | you, we, they | are battering | Past | I, he, she, it | was battering | | you, we, they | were battering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been battering | | he, she, it | has been battering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been battering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be battering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been battering |
1to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage SYN beat: Each year, perhaps 4 million women are battered by their husbands.batter something at/on/against etc. The storm battered the ship against the rocks.2to make someone suffer from a loss, criticism, etc.: His campaign team was battered by a humiliating defeat in Iowa.—battering noun [countable, uncountable] |