Hitter vs. Batter

Hitternoun

One who or that which hits.

‘The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.’;

Batterverb

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

‘The firemen battered down the door.’;

Hitternoun

(slang) An assassin for hire; a hitman.

Batterverb

(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

‘I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.’;

Hitternoun

(baseball) One who comes up to bat.

Batterverb

(figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.

‘Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.’;

Hitternoun

One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

Batterverb

To intoxicate.

‘That cocktails will batter you!’; ‘I was battered last night on our pub crawl.’;

Hitternoun

The batter; as, there are two strikes on the hitter.

Batterverb

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

Hitternoun

(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

Batterverb

(architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

Hitternoun

someone who hits;

‘a hard hitter’; ‘a fine striker of the ball’; ‘blacksmiths are good hitters’;

Batternoun

(cooking) 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

‘pancake batter’; ‘To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter.’;

Batternoun

A binge, a heavy drinking session.

‘When he went on a batter, he became very violent.’;

Batternoun

A paste of clay or loam.

Batternoun

(printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Batternoun

An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

Batternoun

(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

‘The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.’;

Batternoun

The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat; a batsman.

Batterverb

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.

Batterverb

To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.

Batterverb

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

Batterverb

To slope gently backward.

Batternoun

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

Batternoun

Paste of clay or loam.

Batternoun

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

Batternoun

A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Batternoun

The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman.

Batternoun

(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

Batternoun

a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon

Batterverb

strike against forcefully;

‘Winds buffeted the tent’;

Batterverb

strike violently and repeatedly;

‘She clobbered the man who tried to attack her’;

Batterverb

make a dent or impression in;

‘dinge a soft hat’;