Similar words: battering ram, clattering, flattering, smattering, chattering, scattering, unflattering, batteries. Meaning: ['bætə] 
n. the act of subjecting to strong attack.
n. the act of subjecting to strong attack. 61. Sterling took a battering as worries grew about the state of Britain's economy.
More similar words: battering ram, clattering, flattering, smattering, chattering, scattering, unflattering, batteries, uttering, buttering, littering, tottering, muttering, sputtering, stuttering, fluttering, glittering, cluttering, batter, battery, battered, patterning, pitter-patter, entering, watering, catering, altering, cantering, breaking and entering, pestering.