battery

Definition

  • noun: a device that is placed inside a machine (such as a clock, toy, or car) to supply it with electricity
  • noun: the act of 'battering' or beating
  • synonyms: enfilading battery, from battery

Examples

  • a 'dead battery' = ('Brit') a 'flat battery' [=a battery that has no more electricity]

  • The operation was performed by a 'battery' of doctors.

  • He was found guilty of 'battery'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) it ripped all the connections apart. And watch. And this took some Cade genius. You are gonna love this. When I hook this back to a working battery... Oh, yeah. I don't think it's a truck at all. I think we just found a Transformer. Tran... Ugh! - Evacuate! (..)
    2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction