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Battering

/ˈbætəɹɪŋ(ɡ)/

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

📖 Definitions of "Battering"

verb
  1. 1

    To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

    "The firemen battered down the door."

  2. 2

    To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

    "I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs."

  3. 3

    To defeat soundly; to thrash.

    "Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0."

  4. 4

    (usually in the passive) To intoxicate.

    "I was battered last night on our pub crawl."

verb
  1. 1

    To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

noun
  1. 1

    A heavy beating

  2. 2

    A large defeat

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