vt paste of clay or loam.
2. batter ·vi to slope gently backward.
3. batter ·noun one who wields a bat; a batsman.
4. batter ·vt to wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
5. batter ·vt a bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
6. batter ·noun a backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
7. batter ·vt to flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
8. batter ·vt a semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, ·etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
9. batter ·vt to beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.