| VERB | contact | batter, buffet, knock about | strike against forcefully |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | batter, clobber, baste | strike violently and repeatedly | |
| change | batter, dinge | make a dent or impression in | |
| NOUN | person | batter, hitter, slugger, batsman | (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting |
| food | batter | a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking |
| Sounds | bae'ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting. | |
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| Synonyms | hitter, slugger, batsman | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Narrower | bunter | A batter who bunts |
| designated hitter | A ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher | |
| pinch hitter | (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter | |
| switch-hitter | A baseball player who can bat either right or left handed | |
| whiffer | A batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike | |
| Broader | ballplayer, baseball player | An athlete who plays baseball |
| Spanish | bateador, batedor | |
| Catalan | batedor | |
| Verbs | bat | strike with, or as if with a baseball bat |
| Meaning | A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking. | |
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| Narrower | fritter batter | Batter for making fritters |
| pancake batter | Batter for making pancakes | |
| puff batter, pouf paste, pate a choux | Batter for making light hollow cases to hold various fillings | |
| Broader | concoction, mixture, intermixture | Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients |
| Spanish | rebozado | |
| Catalan | arrebossat | |
| Meaning | strike against forcefully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | buffet, knock about | |
| Broader | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Spanish | apalear, batir a golpes, golpear, maltratar, zangolotear, zarandear | |
| Catalan | copejar fort, copejar | |
| Meaning | strike violently and repeatedly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to batter the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | clobber, baste | |
| Broader | beat, beat up, work over | Give a beating to |
| Spanish | apalear, aporrear, batir a golpes, cascar, golpear duramente | |
| Catalan | apallissar, tustar | |
| Meaning | make a dent or impression in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | dinge | |
| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Spanish | abollar, golpear | |
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