batter

Etymology 1

table From Middle English bateren, from Old French batre (“to beat”).

verb

1. To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
   The firemen battered down the door.
   The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea. November 2 2022, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, pages 56–57
2. (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
   I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
3. (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
   Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
   There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had. 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 2018-06-24
4. (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
   That cocktails will batter you!
   I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
5. (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
6. (UK, obsolete) To coat in a paste-like substance; to fasten with a paste-like glue.
   the bible mentioned in the oath emitted this day , by Andrew Murison , as the book and bible from whence the printed leaves , battered on the B. L. Coy's notes , now challenged as forged , are alleged to be taken 1826, Thomas Beveridge, A Practical Treatise on the Forms of Process...

Etymology 2

table From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”).

noun

1. (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
   pancake batter
   To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter.
2. (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
   When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
3. A paste of clay or loam.
4. (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
   In repairing batters at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side. 1881, The Printing Times and Lithographer, page 251

Etymology 3

Unknown.

verb

1. (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

noun

1. An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

Etymology 4

bat + -er (agent noun suffix).

noun

1. (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
   The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
2. (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
3. (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
4. (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
   It's hard to put this on his shoulders while the guy is so young, but I firmly believe Kane could go down as New Zealand's greatest ever batter. 2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo