Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to batter
Participle: battered
Gerund: battering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | batter |
| you | batter |
| he;she;it | batters |
| we | batter |
| you | batter |
| they | batter |
Perfect
| I | have battered |
| you | have battered |
| he;she;it | has battered |
| we | have battered |
| you | have battered |
| they | have battered |
Past
| I | battered |
| you | battered |
| he;she;it | battered |
| we | battered |
| you | battered |
| they | battered |
Pluperfect
| I | had battered |
| you | had battered |
| he;she;it | had battered |
| we | had battered |
| you | had battered |
| they | had battered |
Future
| I | will batter |
| you | will batter |
| he;she;it | will batter |
| we | will batter |
| you | will batter |
| they | will batter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have battered |
| you | will have battered |
| he;she;it | will have battered |
| we | will have battered |
| you | will have battered |
| they | will have battered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | batter |
| you | batter |
| he;she;it | batter |
| we | batter |
| you | batter |
| they | batter |
Perfect
| I | have battered |
| you | have battered |
| he;she;it | have battered |
| we | have battered |
| you | have battered |
| they | have battered |
Imperfect
| I | battered |
| you | battered |
| he;she;it | battered |
| we | battered |
| you | battered |
| they | battered |
Pluperfect
| I | had battered |
| you | had battered |
| he;she;it | had battered |
| we | had battered |
| you | had battered |
| they | had battered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would batter |
| you | would batter |
| he;she;it | would batter |
| we | would batter |
| you | would batter |
| they | would batter |
Perfect
| I | would have battered |
| you | would have battered |
| he;she;it | would have battered |
| we | would have battered |
| you | would have battered |
| they | would have battered |
Imperative
| you | batter |
| we | Let's batter |
| you | batter |
Verbs conjugated like 'batter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'batter'
atter,
balter,
banter,
barter,
battel,
batten,
better,
bitter,
blatter,
butter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to administer a physical blow
- bang, baste, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
- pound
- beat, buffet, smash, shatter, break, mangle, smack, demolish
- abuse
- mistreat, bruise, mishandle, smack, pummel, lash, smite
Antonyms
- abuse
- commend, applaud, esteem, eulogize
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "strike repeatedly," c.1330, from O.Fr. battre "to beat, strike," from L. battuere "to beat," an old word in Latin, but almost certainly borrowed from Gaulish, from PIE base *bhau- "to strike" (cf. Welsh bathu "beat;" O.E. beadu "battle," beatan "to beat," bytl "hammer, mallet"). Began to be widely used 1962 in reference to domestic abuse. Battering-ram is an ancient weapon (L. aries), but the word attested only from 1611.
2. From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
Sample Sentences
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[...] hurls her back—that she stops, and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a violent throbbing at her heart, darts onward like a monster goaded into madness, to be beaten down, and battered, and crushed, and leaped on by the angry sea—that thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, and wind, are all in fierce contention for the mastery—that every plank has its groan, every nail its shriek, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)