BATTER

I. verb Etymology: Middle English bateren, probably frequentative of batten to bat, from bat Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish, bombard , to subject to strong, overwhelming, or repeated attack , to wear or damage by hard usage or blows , intransitive verb to strike heavily and repeatedly ; beat , see: maim ~er noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English bater, probably from bateren Date: 14th century 1. a mixture consisting chiefly of flour, egg, and milk or water and being thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon, a mixture (as of flour and egg) used as a coating for food that is to be fried, an instance of ~ing, III. transitive verb Date: 1973 to coat (food) with ~ for frying, IV. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1743 a receding upward slope of the outer face of a structure, V. transitive verb Date: circa 1882 to give a receding upward slope to (as a wall), VI. noun Date: 1773 one that bats