Batter vs. Bitter
Batterverb
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
Batterverb
(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
Batterverb
(figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
Batterverb
To intoxicate.
Batterverb
(metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Batterverb
(architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
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
Batternoun
A binge, a heavy drinking session.
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.
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;
Batterverb
strike violently and repeatedly;
Batterverb
make a dent or impression in;
Bitteradjective
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
Bitteradjective
Harsh, piercing or stinging.
Bitteradjective
Hateful or hostile.
Bitteradjective
Cynical and resentful.
Bitternoun
(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
Bitternoun
A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
Bitternoun
(nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
Bitternoun
A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
Bitterverb
To make bitter.
Bitternoun
AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
Bitternoun
Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.
Bitteradjective
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
Bitteradjective
Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.
Bitteradjective
Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.
Bitteradjective
Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
Bitteradjective
Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
Bitterverb
To make bitter.
Bitternoun
English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
Bitternoun
the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
Bitternoun
the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
Bitterverb
make bitter
Bitteradjective
marked by strong resentment or cynicism;
Bitteradjective
very difficult to accept or bear;
Bitteradjective
harsh or corrosive in tone;
Bitteradjective
one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine
Bitteradjective
expressive of severe grief or regret;
Bitteradjective
proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;
Bitteradjective
causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold;
Bitteradverb
extremely and sharply;
