batterie
Americannoun
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batteries
plural
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a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
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(in tap dancing) a rapid succession of taps, often compared to drumming or to machine-gun fire.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of batterie
From French, dating back to 1705–15; see origin at battery
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Electrochemistry is a pre-requisite for hydrogen production, and for batterie technology, and thus for sustainable chemistry.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
It fluently covers a spectrum of dance idioms: jazz arm gestures, Cuban hip motion and the intricate petite batterie of ballet jumps are just three of the most unmistakable.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2011
The kitchen contains a batterie de cuisine that would flatter a cordon bleu chef.
From Time Magazine Archive
Me, I pelong to der Wurtemberg redgimend, dot dey use to suppord der batterie von der Brince von Hohenlohe.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
As he called, after the manner of his nation, a batterie a paderie, and otherwise Germanized the French language, much of his interesting conversation was unintelligible.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
But while batteries can be bought quickly, the radars, data links, trained crews and repair depots that make a defense function cannot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cortez said there were 1,500 fully energized batteries against the north wall of the building that burned Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Kyiv’s portable surface-to-air missiles and fixed-site air-defense batteries are also hunting them down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
She listed energy, critical minerals, batteries, AI, cyber and economic security as other fields of cooperation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
I came home the other day to some fast Spanish music blasting in my room and Charlie moving his hips like they were connected to supercharged batteries.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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