Bat - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|bæt|
Brit.
|bæt|
noun
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
- the club used in playing cricket
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
he was at bat when it happened
he got four hits in four at-bats
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squashhe got four hits in four at-bats
- the club used in playing cricket
a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting
- a club used for hitting a ball in various gamesverb
- strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
bat the ball
- wink briefly (syn: flutter)bat one's eyelids
- have a turn at batJones bats first, followed by Martinez
- use a batWho's batting?
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight (syn: clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash)Extra examples
Pilch scored sixty-one, and brought out his bat.
Japan slipped from past to present without, you might say, batting an eyelid.
He had been on a bat, and all on earth that ailed him was that spree.
Jones bats first, followed by Martinez
Who's batting?
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: bat
he/she/it: bats
present participle: batting
past tense: batted
past participle: batted
I/you/we/they: bat
he/she/it: bats
present participle: batting
past tense: batted
past participle: batted
noun
singular: bat
plural: bats
singular: bat
plural: bats
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