battering

/หˆbรฆtษ™ษนษชล‹(ษก)/

IPA: /B AE1 T ER0 IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

    โ€œThe firemen battered down the door.โ€

  2. 2

    To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

    โ€œI prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.โ€

  3. 3

    To defeat soundly; to thrash.

    โ€œLeeds United battered Charlton 7-0.โ€

    syn:thrash
  4. 4

    (usually in the passive) To intoxicate.

    โ€œI was battered last night on our pub crawl.โ€

    syn:intoxicate
  5. 5

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

verb
  1. 1

    To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

noun
  1. 1

    A heavy beating

  2. 2

    A large defeat

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