(cooking) A type of bread made with a substantial liquid-to-flour ratio, so that the dough produces a batter.

plural of batter bread

(idiomatic, baseball) for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.

shaken baby syndrome

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dust off a batter

present participle of dust off a batter

(law) A legal defense according to which a female murderer had no choice but to kill her violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.

(law) A legal defense according to which a murderer had no choice but to kill their violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.

(countable, electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.

plural of battery