batterie
Americannoun
plural
batteries-
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.
Etymology
Origin of batterie
From French, dating back to 1705–15; battery
Example Sentences
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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
The batterie de toilette, we are told, was of silver, and included a spitting-dish, for its owner said 'he could not spit into clay.'
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Wharton, Philip
Cancut wielded the axe; I the match-box; Iglesias the batterie de cuisine.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
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