殴打 — meaning in English

English meaning

• battery noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
• punch noun A hit made with a closed fist.

Senses

殴打 is used for these senses in English:

• battery (legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
• punch (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
• punch (transitive) To strike with one's fist.

battery — full definition

1. noun A device that stores and supplies electrical power, made of one or more cells.
2. noun A legal term for unlawfully touching or striking another person.
3. noun A group of similar things, especially artillery guns, arranged or used together.

punch — full definition

1. noun A hit made with a closed fist.
2. noun Strength, force, or impact, especially in a figurative sense.
3. noun A tool used for making holes in paper or other thin material.
4. noun A sweet drink, often mixing fruit juice with another beverage, sometimes alcoholic.
5. verb To hit someone or something with a closed fist, or to make a hole with a punch.

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