present participle of battere

heavy (of rain) / beating, palpitating (of a heart)

shutter (of a window) / sash (of a window) / leaf (panel of a double door) / knocker (device used for knocking on a door) / hammer (part of a clock) / a bundle of paper sheets used to beat time / a part of a loom

a large guitar-like stringed instrument with metal frets, a curved back and four or five pairs of strings in double courses, which pass over or through the bridge, originating in rural Italian folk music

Alternative form of a tamburo battente

(uncommon) while the drum is being rolled / (figurative) immediately, at once