Overview of verb batter

The verb batter has 3 senses

• buffet, knock about, batter -- (strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent")


• clobber, baste, batter -- (strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her")


• dinge, batter -- (make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat")

Overview of adj battered

The adj battered has 3 senses

• battered, beat-up, beaten-up -- (damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford")


• battered -- (damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat")


• battered -- (exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome")