Definition of batters:
(v) :
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
(v) :
(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
(v) :
(figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
(v) :
(UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
(v) :
(metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
(n) :
(cooking, countable, uncountable) 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.