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Batter vs Wallop - What's the difference?

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Batter is a related term of wallop.


As verbs the difference between batter and wallop

is that batter is to hit or strike violently and repeatedly or batter can be (architecture) to slope (of walls, buildings etc) while wallop is to rush hastily or wallop can be (internet) to write a message to all operators on an internet relay chat server.

As nouns the difference between batter and wallop

is that batter is a beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (eg pancakes, cake, or yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (eg fish) prior to frying or batter can be an incline on the outer face of a built wall or batter can be (baseball) the player attempting to hit the ball with a bat while wallop is a heavy blow, punch.

batter

English

(wikipedia batter)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • to hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
    • He battered his wife with a walking stick.
  • to coat with batter (the food ingredient).
    • I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.
  • to defeat soundly; to thrash
    • Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.
  • (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate
    • That cocktails will batter you!
    I was battered last night on our pub crawl.
  • (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
    • To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter .
  • A binge, a heavy drinking session.
    • When he went on a batter , he became very violent.
  • A paste of clay or loam.
    • (Holland)
  • (printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

    • Etymology 3

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
    • Hydroseeding of unvegetated batters is planned.

    Etymology 4

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
    • The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
    Synonyms
    * (baseball) (l)
    Related terms
    * (l) (cricket)

    Anagrams

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    wallop

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Compare the doublet gallop.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heavy blow, punch.
  • A person's ability to throw such punches.
  • An emotional impact, psychological force.
  • A thrill, emotionally excited reaction.
  • (slang) anything produced by a process that involves boiling; Beer, tea, whitewash.
  • * 1949 , ,
    • "You're a gent," said the other, straightening his shoulders again. He appeared not to have noticed Winston's blue overalls. "Pint!" he added aggressively to the barman. "Pint of wallop ."
  • (archaic) A thick piece of fat.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
    • Derived terms
    * (beer) codswallop

    Verb

    (wallopp)
  • To rush hastily
  • To flounder, wallow
  • To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
    • (Brockett)
  • To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
  • To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
  • To wrap up temporarily.
  • To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
    • (Halliwell)
  • To be slatternly.
    • (Halliwell)

    Derived terms

    * walloper * walloping

    Etymology 2

    From the acronym: w'rite]] [to] '''all''' [[operators, ' op erators

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Internet) To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.

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