Definition of accent for Students. 1  1 : a way of pronouncing words shared by the people of a particular country or region. 2  2 : greater stress or force given to a syllable of a word in speaking or to a beat in music. 3  3 : a mark (as Ë or Ë) used in writing or printing to show the place of greater stress on a syllable.
For the tortious aspects of battery, see Battery (tort). For other uses of the word battery, see Battery. Battery is a criminal offense involving the unlawful physical acting upon a threat, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact. In the United States, criminal battery, or simply battery, is the use of force against another, resulting in harmful, offensive or sexual contact.
battery. Hybrid slang term meant with unmalicious intent in referring to a male of the African American race. The term comes from using the first two letters of the term African American which are AA. Two capital 'a's next to each other are a common type of battery, hence the reasoning behind the new term. Man, that battery tore up a hito or two during his trip to Thailand. by Coolio Steel April 15, 2009.