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BAT
bat, at-bat
(noun) (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; “he was at bat when it happened”; “he got four hits in four at-bats”
bat, chiropteran
(noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
bat
(noun) a club used for hitting a ball in various games
bat, flutter
(verb) wink briefly; “bat one’s eyelids”
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
(verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; “We licked the other team on Sunday!”
bat
(verb) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; “bat the ball”
bat
(verb) use a bat; “Who’s batting?”
bat
(verb) have a turn at bat; “Jones bats first, followed by Martinez”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
bat (plural bats)
Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
(derogatory) An old woman.
Synonyms
• (flying mammal): chiropter, chiropteran, flindermouse, flittermouse, fluttermouse, flying-mouse, rearmouse/reremouse
Etymology 2
Noun
bat (plural bats)
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
A part of a brick with one whole end.
A stroke; a sharp blow.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
(informal) Rate of motion; speed.
(US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Synonyms
• (two-up): kip, stick, kylie, lannet
Verb
bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
Etymology 3
Verb
bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
(transitive) To flutter
(US, UK, dialect) To wink.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
(intransitive, usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
Usage notes
Most commonly used in the phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.
Etymology 4
Noun
bat (plural bats)
(obsolete) A packsaddle.
Etymology 5
Noun
bat
Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).
Anagrams
• ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BTA, TBA, Tab, abt, abt., tab
Proper noun
BAT (plural er-noun)
(sports) Abbreviation of Bathurst.
Noun
BAT
Initialism of best available technology: a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges.
Anagrams
• ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BTA, TBA, Tab, abt, abt., tab
Source: Wiktionary
Bat, n. Etym: [OE. batte, botte, AS. batt; perhaps fr. the Celtic; cf. Ir. bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf. also F. batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.]
1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
2. (Mining)
Definition: Shale or bituminous shale. Kirwan.
3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
4. A part of a brick with one whole end. Bat bolt (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly. Knight.
Bat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Batted (p. pr. & vb. n. Batting.]
Definition: To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. Holland.
Bat, v. i.
Definition: To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
Bat, n. Etym: [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften- bakke] (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa] (natt night), Icel. le (le leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire. Bat tick (Zoöl.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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