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    [Noun]  | "bat*ter*ing" | \ ˈba-tə-riŋ \


    1: violent physical abuse that usually involves the act of striking someone repeatedly or heavily in order to cause injury

    2: a damaging experience or situation : an injury, setback, or defeat


    Origin: 1542 ;

    [Noun]  | "battering ram" 


    1: a military siege engine consisting of a large wooden beam with a head of iron used in ancient times to beat down the walls of a besieged place

    2: a heavy metal bar with handles used (as by firefighters) to batter down doors and walls


    Origin: 1593 ;

    [Verb]  | "bat*ter" | \ ˈba-tər \


    1: to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish

    2: bombard

    3: to commit battery against (someone) : to offensively touch or use force on (a person) without the person's consent


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English bateren, probably frequentative of batten to bat, from bat;

    [Verb]  | "batter" 


    1: to coat with a mixture (as of flour and egg) for frying : to coat (food) with batter


    Origin: 1971 ;

     Verbal derivative of {see: |batter:2|batter:2};

    [Verb]  | "batter" 


    1: to give a receding upward slope to (something, such as a wall)


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Verbal derivative of {see: |batter:4|batter:4};

    [Idiom]  | "take a battering" 


    1: to do poorly

    [Noun]  | "battering" 


    1: as in pounding, thrashing;


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    [Verb]  | "battering" 


    1: to strike repeatedly;


      * e.g., " ... children battered the piñata until it broke open "



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    2: to use bombs or artillery against;


      * e.g., " ... planes battered the city for weeks "



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    [Verb]  | "batter" 


    1: to strike repeatedly;


      * e.g., " ... children battered the piñata until it broke open "



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    2: to use bombs or artillery against;


      * e.g., " ... planes battered the city for weeks "



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     [ "Batter Batter Batter" ]

    1: To emphasise how much you are going to batter/hurt someone or something

      * e.g.,  ... I’m going to batter batter batter you 

     [ "The Batter" ]

    1: some random guy in a baseball uniform who appeared in this post-apocalyptic world. hates ghosts and will beat the shit out of anyone who's hostile to him.

      * e.g.,  ... The Batter is my favorite protagonist, he's badass even. 

     [ "battered" ]

    1: Beaten up in a fight - laid out, fucked up

      * e.g.,  ... dylan fort e was all 'ard but e's a cripple now cos e got proper battered by sam when e called im a mong 

     [ "the batter" ]

    1: that nigga got a biiiig baseball bat if ya's get what im saying no time to purify the world when he can be purifying hot italian assssssss

      * e.g.,  ... "You're walking funny, what happened?" 

     [ "batter" ]

    1: to violently beat the shit out of someone

      * e.g.,  ... Omg im gonna batter that gyal/boy 

     [ "battered" ]

    1: To beat up or hit aggresively with the upmost vigour.

      * e.g.,  ... I battered those idiots in Clover Drive when they said I was batty! 

     [ "batter" ]

    1: To kick the fucking shit out of someone

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm gonna fucking batter that mug" 

     [ "battered" ]

    1: Severe intoxication through alcohol consumption. Typically characterised by a total lack of inhibition often demonstrated through particularly foolish dancing. One step above steaming on the scale of drunkenness and one below shell.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm pretty embarrassed about last night... I was completely battered. 

     [ "battered" ]

    1: When you are overwhelmed from the effects of any form of drug.

      * e.g.,  ... That was so good shit, it really battered me. 

     [ "Batter" ]

    1: An aqueous solution of baked or deep fried goods.

      * e.g.,  ... The delicious form of the assorted ingredients, the 'mush', of cookie dough that is delicious, or the batter for a pie crust, or the batter that would be deep-fried dough before ending up around a corn dog or piece of fish. 

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