What it means
- (verb) To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. “The firemen battered down the door.”
- (verb) To coat with batter (the food ingredient). “I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.”
- (verb) To defeat soundly; to thrash. “Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.”
- (verb) (usually in the passive) To intoxicate. “I was battered last night on our pub crawl.”
- (verb) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
- (verb) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
- (noun) A heavy beating
- (noun) A large defeat
Words that mean the same
Letter analysis
- Battering contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with BAT
- bat
- batch
- batched
- batches
- batching
- bate
- bated
- bates
- bath
- bathe
- bathed
- bather
- bathers
- bathes
- bathhouse
- bathhouses
- bathing
- bathmat
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Words ending with ING
Sub-words
- abetting
- berating
- rebating
- treating
- battier
- batting
- bearing
- beating
- betting
- biretta
- bittern
- granite
- ingrate
- nattier
- nitrate
- ratting
- tangier
- tearing
- terabit
- attire
- banter
- baring
- bating
- batten
- batter
- bitten
- bitter
- eating
- gaiter
- garnet
- rating
- regain
- retain
- retina
- target
- taring
- triage
- agent
- anger
- barge
- began
- begat
- begin
- being
- binge
- brain
- brine
- bring
- giant
- grain
- grant
- grate
- great
- inert
- inter
- irate
- niter
- range
- reign
Common questions
What does Battering mean?
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
How many letters are in Battering?
Battering has 9 letters.
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