Batter or batters may refer to:

Common meanings

* Batter (cooking), thin dough that can be easily poured into a pan *

Batter (baseball) In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team. A batter or hitter is a person whose turn it is to face the pitcher. The three main goals of batters are to become a baserunner, to driv ...

, person whose turn it is to face the pitcher * Batter (cricket), a player who is currently batting * Batter (drum), a part of a snare drum *

Batter (crime) Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact. Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more generally to refer to ...

, unlawful physical actions to a person *

Batter (tort) At common law, battery is a tort falling under the umbrella term 'Trespass to the person'. Entailing unlawful contact which is directed and intentional, or reckless (or, in Australia, negligently) and voluntarily bringing about a harmful or offen ...

, tort of bringing about an unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person *

Batter (walls) In architecture, batter is a receding slope of a wall, structure, or earthwork. A wall sloping in the opposite direction is said to ''overhang''. When used in fortifications it may be called a talus. The term is used with buildings and non-bui ...

, an intentional slope of walls or earthworks

People

Dave Batters David Batters (July 12, 1969 – June 29, 2009) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Batters was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Palliser from 2004 to 2008. Early ...

(1969–2009), Canadian businessman and politician, husband of Denise *

Denise Batters Denise Leanne Batters (born June 18, 1970) is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Saskatchewan since January 25, 2013. She was briefly ousted from the national Conservative Party of Canada caucus from November 2021 to February ...

(born 1970), Canadian politician, wife of Dave *

Doris Batter Doris M. Batter-Hatton (22 April 1929 – 23 April 2002) was a British sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She married Leonard Hatton in 1951. She represented England and won a silver medal in the ...

(1922–2002), British sprinter *

Elmer Batters Elmer Albert Batters (November 24, 1919 – June 25, 1997) was a pioneer fetish photographer who specialized in capturing artful images of women with an emphasis on stockings, legs, and feet, placing him ahead of his time in popularizing foot feti ...

(1919–1997), pioneer fetish photographer *

Jeff Batters Jeffrey William Batters (October 23, 1970 – August 23, 1996) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 16 games in the National Hockey League in two seasons with the St. Louis Blues, from 1993 until 1995. Also played for the ...

(1970–1996), professional ice hockey player

Other uses

* BATTeRS, a Japanese project to find asteroids

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