Baste
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. To coat over something To sew with wide stitches. To beat.
Batter
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to hit or strike violently and repeatedlyto coat with batter
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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 fryingThe person who tries to hit the ball in a sport like baseballA batsman. Used under the modern fashion for expunging gender from all words, but in fact women cricketers refer to themselves as batsmen (ie. it's already gender-neutral, see the batsman article).A binge, a heavy drinking session.A slope.
Example sentence: It's not really part of the game to say, 'Oh, it's a batter's game; it's a batter's game' - I don't know why it goes on. It's a beautiful game that's greatly competitive between bat and ball.