Plural of batter; people who hit in baseball or cricket, or plural of batter meaning the liquid mixture used in cooking.
From 'batter,' which in sports comes from 'bat' (to hit) plus '-er,' and in cooking from Old French 'batere' (to beat). The word has split into two distinct but etymologically related meanings.
The term 'batter' bridges sports and cooking, and this overlap is no accident—in medieval times, 'battering' meant striking or hitting, so both a person who uses a bat and a liquid that's been beaten/whipped share the same root metaphor of impact and agitation.
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