Dictionary Entry
battue
battue is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
- 2transitive verb
The game itself.
- 3transitive verb
The wanton slaughter of game.
- 4noun
indiscriminate slaughter
"a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"
"ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"
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- 5noun
a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
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