BATTERING

battering, banging

(noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

battering

present participle of batter

Noun

battering (plural batterings)

A heavy beating

A large defeat

Anagrams

• rebatting

Source: Wiktionary

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BATTER

Bat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] Etym: [OE. bateren, OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to abate.]

1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." Pope.

3. (Metallurgy)

Definition: To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

Bat"ter, n. Etym: [OE. batere, batire; cf. OF. bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, v. t.]

1. A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc. , beaten together and used in cookery. King.

2. Paste of clay or loam. Holland.

3. (Printing)

Definition: A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Bat"ter, n.

Definition: A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building.

Bat"ter, v. i. (Arch.)

Definition: To slope gently backward.

Bat"ter, n.

Definition: One who wields a bat; a batsman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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