plural of batter

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batter

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. / (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient). / (figuratively) To defeat soundly; to thrash. / (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.

(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.

(architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat. / (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field. / (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.

simple past tense and past participle of batter

Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered. / Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up. / (cooking) Coated with batter (noun).

present participle of batter