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Definition of batter:

  • (verb) strike violently and repeatedly
  • (noun) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid | a heavy drinking session | a ballplayer who is batting

Sentence Examples:

I sank my battered frame into the nearest chair.

It was metal, but battered completely beyond recognition.

Beat into a batter and let it rise four hours.

Add milk, mixing quickly until batter is smooth.

Beat the batter until smooth and well blended.

Great battering-rams are dashed against its formidable surface.

Dan hauled out his battered trunk and opened it.

He went down as though hit by a battering-ram.

Mix all together and beat to a smooth batter.

His helmet was soaked and battered out of shape.

Beat this batter thoroughly, and allow it to rise.

Batter puddings should be put into a quick oven.

Usually I have batter remaining after these are filled.

It's a funny world that batters us about so.

She sought again to strike, to batter his lips.

Drain, dip into batter and fry in deep fat.

The walls were knocked to pieces by battering rams.

You'll have the town battered down about your ears.

His hat is battered, and he wears no collar.

Set the batter in a warm place to rise.

His old battered hat looked like a crow's nest.

Some portions of the city were completely battered down.

A pitcher has two types of batters to face.

The battering-ram was all the time thundering away outside.

I always make the coffee and the batter bread.

In vain did the next batter try to connect.

Dip in the batter and fry in deep fat.

I am battered enough already with my long ride.

The batter had his friends as well as Joe.

It was a contest between battering rams on legs.

When done, it looks like a baked batter pudding.

Bake sponge-cake batter (by recipe given) in jelly-cake pans.

She saw the battered wreck rise high in air.

Quite naturally, this knowledge gave the batter an advantage.

The mate battered him up considerably at the time.

Battering the gates of heaven with storms of prayer.

The two first were called battering pieces or siege-guns.

Beat the batter very light and pour over them.

Make a batter of the milk, eggs and flour.

Outside was still the roar and batter of seas.

The guards were battering at the door behind them.

He who stepped through the battered door in St.

The next batter had been thrown out at first.

Batters had squeezed the grip right out of him.

Battered to pieces on the rocks below the fall.

If his ship was battered, so too was he.

Some of them present rather a battered front to-day.

It was the battered fragment of a warrior's lance.

I shrank from another look at the battered form.

We women are going to batter down the monopoly.

They may be either done in batter, or only floured.

Once more the battered head made its movement of negation.

Make a batter of one pound of flour and water.

Two runners dashed home, the batter reached second.

Outside a dozen men were battering to force an entrance.

How is a batter fooled by a change of pace?

She sniffed, then reached for the battered phone.

I had no intention of converting myself into a battering-ram.

Beat to a smooth, thin batter and fry as usual.

Add enough more flour to make a rather stiff batter.

Eggs well beaten ought to be as stiff as batter.

Four more wild ones and a batter went to first.

If the batter is too stiff, put in more milk.

Add flour to make a stiff batter; beat five minutes.

We have seen a picture of soldiers using the battering-ram.

The batter should be made just before it is cooked.

Pour in sufficient milk-warm water to make a thick batter.

He was battering at the door of the burning house.

They can batter down and smash and burn.

The batter would know just what was coming.

It was of no use to batter themselves against granite.

It should look like a very light sponge cake batter.

He nursed his battered lips and stared at her.

She didn't look like the battering-ram that she was.

His romance and adventure were battering at the conventions.

Dip into frying batter, and drop into smoking-hot fat.

Line spring form with this batter on all sides.

Suddenly new life sprang up among the battered defenders.

"The door would withstand a battering ram," O'Sullivan said.

Drain dip in batter, and fry in hot fat.

His battered face became an immediate focus of curious veiled glances.

In the other he held his battered felt hat.

Captain Britten picked up a huge, battered old suitcase.

The pan should be about the temperature for baking batter cakes.

The batter was impatiently tapping his stick on the home plate.

There's only a small battered old tin box in her room.

Pour some of this batter into the bottom of a deep white dish.

The features of the face are too much battered to be commented upon.

His sharp breaking curve had their best batters completely at sea.

Bullion, Coins and Medals of gold or silver, and battered Plate.

The general employed thousands of mules in working the powerful battering-rams.

Not satisfied with this, he battered the door with his fists.

He removed the blue glasses and tilted back his battered hat.

By nightfall the face of the wall was bruised and battered.

Fry rather slowly, taking care that the batter does not burn.

Some crashed into other ships, battering them, throwing them off course.

The big man leaned far back in the battered desk chair.

Tim was the first batter, and got his base on balls.

And there I found a funny, battered little notebook, evidently forgotten.

Why, it's nothing but a battered old dry-goods box, nailed up.