verb/batʁ/
to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight; to whisk or whip (eggs); to thresh
“J'irai dans un bar ce soir. […] Je me battrai pour une place au comptoir.” — I'm going to a bar tonight. […] I will fight for a seat at the counter.
Inherited from Middle French battre, from Old French batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere.