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bat

UK/bat/ US/bæt/ common informal slang uk us
verb (5) noun (5)

verb

1.

strike with, or as if with a baseball bat

  • “bat the ball”
2.

wink briefly

  • “bat one”
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3.

have a turn at bat

  • “Jones bats first, followed by Martinez”
4.

use a bat

  • “Who”
5.

beat thoroughly in a competition or fight

  • “We licked the other team on Sunday!”
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noun

1.

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

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2.

(baseball) a turn batting

  • “he was at bat when it happened”
  • “he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats”
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3.
4.

a bat used in playing cricket

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5.

a club used for hitting a ball in various games

Origin

From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (“club, cudgel”) and modern Breton bazh (“swagger stick”), ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to strike, beat, pierce”), similar to the Gaulish source of Latin battuō (“to beat, pound”).

Phrases

  • at bat
  • baseball bat
  • bat a thousand terms derived from bat (verb)
  • bat an eye
  • bat an eyelash
  • bat an eyelid
  • bat and ball
  • bat around terms derived from bat (verb)
  • bat away terms derived from bat (verb)
  • bat deep terms derived from bat (verb)
  • bat five hundred terms derived from bat (verb)
  • bat for both sides terms derived from bat (verb)

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