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

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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

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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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