batter

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
hitter, slugger, batsman
• Derivationally related forms:
slug (for: slugger), bat
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
ballplayer, baseball player
• Hyponyms:
bunter, designated hitter, pinch hitter, switch-hitter, whiffer
2. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
• Hypernyms:
concoction, mixture, intermixture
• Hyponyms:
puff batter, pouf paste, pate a choux, pancake batter, fritter batter

II - verb

1. strike against forcefully (Freq. 3)
- Winds buffeted the tent
• Syn:
buffet, knock about
• Hypernyms:
strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. strike violently and repeatedly
- She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
• Syn:
clobber, baste
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat up, work over
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to batter the prisoners
3. make a dent or impression in
- dinge a soft hat
• Syn:
dinge
• Hypernyms:
change shape, change form, deform
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hitter, slugger, batsman, dinge, clobber, baste, buffet, knock about