Battering

verb

/ˈbætəɹɪŋ(ɡ)/

Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.verbTo hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

"The firemen battered down the door."

2.verbTo coat with batter (the food ingredient).

"I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs."

3.verbTo defeat soundly; to thrash.

"Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0."

4.verb(usually in the passive) To intoxicate.

"I was battered last night on our pub crawl."

5.verbTo flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

6.verbTo slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

7.nounA heavy beating

8.nounA large defeat

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