batter

Meanings

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
To defeat soundly; to thrash.
To intoxicate.
To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying
A binge, a heavy drinking session.
A paste of clay or loam.
A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
A player of the batting side now on the field.
The player now receiving strike; the striker.
Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.

From Middle English bateren, from Old French batre ("to beat").
From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure ("the action of beating"), from batre.
Unknown.
bat + -er.

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