batter
$ \mathrm{batter}^1 |ˈbadər|
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verb with object
strike repeatedly with hard blows; pound heavily and insistently:
〈人が〉 【物などで/場所に】〈人･物〉を続けざまにたたく; 打って壊す［つぶす］(down, away) «with/at, on, against»
e.g. a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg
e.g. figurative : their idealism has been battered.
(often as noun battering) subject (one's spouse, partner, or child) to repeated violence and assault.
〈人が〉(長期にわたり)〈配偶者･子供など〉を虐待する; 〈物〉を乱暴に扱う (!しばしば受け身で)
(usually as noun battering) censure, criticize, or defeat severely:
〈人･考えなど〉を酷評する
e.g. the movie took a battering from critics.
DERIVATIVES
batterer noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battuere) + -er3.
$ \mathrm{batter}^2 |ˈbadər|
noun
1. a semiliquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used in cooking, especially for making cakes or for coating food before frying.
〘料〙 (揚げ物の)ころも
｟米｠ 〘料〙 (クッキー･ホットケーキなどの)ゆるい生地〘小麦粉･卵を牛乳や水で練った物〙
2. Printing a damaged area of metal type or a printing block.
〘印〙 (活字の)つぶれ, 磨滅, 磨損
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French bateure ‘the action of beating’, from batre ‘to beat’.
$ \mathrm{batter}^3 |ˈbadər|
bat + -er
noun
(in various sports, especially baseball) a player who is batting.
｟米｠ (野球の)バッター, 打者.
$ \mathrm{batter}^4 |ˈbadər|
noun
a gradual backward slope in a wall or similar structure.
verb no object
(of a wall) have a receding slope.
ORIGIN
mid 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.