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Bat

Bat Meaning & Definition
Bat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bat?

[n] a turn batting (in baseball); "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats"
[n] nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
[n] a club used for hitting a ball in various games
[n] a bat used in playing cricket
[n] a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
[v] wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
[v] beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
[v] strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
[v] use a bat; "Who's batting?"
[v] have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bat: at-bat | chiropteran | clobber | cricket bat | drub | flutter | lick | squash racket | squash racquet | thrash

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bat: aardvark | aardwolf | agate | alpaca | Angora goat | anteater | antelope | antelope chipmunk | aoudad | apar | Arctic fox | armadillo | ass | aurochs | bacchanal | bacchanalia | bacchanalian | badger | bag | ball | bandicoot | bang | baseball bat | bash | bassarisk | baton | battledore | bauble | bear | beating | beaver | beldam | Belgian hare | belt | bender | bettong | biddy | biff | billy club | binge | binturong | bison | black bear | black buck | black cat | black fox | black sheep | blind man | blink | blocks | blow | bludgeon | blue fox | bobcat | bonk | booze | bop | bout | brown bear | brush deer | brush wolf | buffalo | buffalo wolf | bum | burro | burro deer | bust | cachalot | Caffre cat | camel | camelopard | capybara | carabao | caribou | carousal | carouse | carpincho | cat | catamount | cat-a-mountain | cattalo | cavy | celebration | celerity | chamois | checkerboard | cheetah | chessboard | chevrotain | chinchilla | chipmunk | chop | cinnamon bear | clap | clip | clobber | clout | club | clump | cockhorse | coldcock | compotation | coon | coon cat | cotton mouse | cotton rat | cougar | cow | coyote | coypu | crack | cricket bat | crone | cue | cut | dash | deal | deal a blow | debauch | deck | deer | deer tiger | dig | dingo | dint | dog | doll | doll carriage | donkey | dormouse | drab | drift | drinking bout | dromedary | drub | drubbing | drumming | drunk | drunken carousal | echidna | eland | elephant | elk | ermine | escapade | eyra | fallow deer | ferret | fetch | fetch a blow | field mouse | fisher | fitch | fling | flying phalanger | foumart | fox | fox squirrel | fusillade | gad | gait | gallivant | gazelle | gemsbok | genet | gewgaw | gimcrack | giraffe | glutton | gnu | gnu goat | goat | goat antelope | golf club | gopher | grizzly bear | ground squirrel | groundhog | guanaco | guinea pig | guzzle | hamster | hare | harnessed antelope | hartebeest | hedgehog | hippopotamus | hit | hit a clip | hobbyhorse | hog | horse | hyena | hyrax | ibex | Indian buffalo | jab | jackal | jackass | jack-in-the-box | jackrabbit | jacks | jackstones | jackstraws | jag | jaguar | jaguarundi | jerboa | jerboa kangaroo | kaama | kangaroo | kangaroo mouse | kangaroo rat | karakul | kickshaw | kinkajou | kit fox | knickknack | knobkerrie | knock | knock cold | knock down | knock out | koala | Kodiak bear | lapin | lark | lemming | leopard | leopard cat | lick | lion | llama | lynx | mace | mammoth | mara | marble | marionette | marmot | marten | mastodon | meander | meerkat | mig | mink | mole | mongoose | mooch | moose | mouflon | mountain goat | mountain lion | mountain sheep | mouse | mule | mule deer | muntjac | musk deer | musk hog | musk-ox | muskrat | musquash | nictitate | nilgai | nutria | ocelot | okapi | onager | oont | opossum | orgy | otter | ounce | ox | pace | pack rat | painter | panda | pangolin | panther | paper doll | paste | peccary | pelt | peludo | phalanger | pick-up sticks | pig | pine mouse | pinwheel | platypus | plaything | ploy | plunk | pocket gopher | pocket mouse | pocket rat | poke | polar bear | polar fox | polecat | porcupine | possum | potation | pouched rat | pound | poyou | prairie dog | prairie wolf | pronghorn | pub-crawl | puma | punch | puppet | quickness | rabbit | raccoon | racket | rag doll | ramble | randan | randy | rap | rapidity | rat | red deer | red squirrel | reindeer | revel | rhinoceros | roam | rocking horse | roe | roe deer | roebuck | rove | sable | serval | sheep | shillelagh | shrew | shrew mole | sika | silver fox | skunk | slam | slog | sloth | slug | smack | smash | smite | snap | snowshoe rabbit | soak | sock | sport | spree | springbok | squirrel | steelie | stoat | strike | strike at | stroke | suslik | swamp rabbit | swat | swiftness | swine | swing | swipe | symposium | takin | tamandua | tamarin | tapir | tarpan | tatou | tatou peba | tatouay | tattoo | taw | tear | teetotum | the blind | the sightless | the unseeing | thump | thwack | tiger | tiger cat | timber wolf | toot | top | toy | toy soldier | traipse | tree shrew | trinket | trot | truncheon | twinkle | urus | velocity | Virginia deer | vole | wallaby | wallop | war club | warthog | wassail | water buffalo | waterbuck | weasel | whack | wham | wharf rat | whim-wham | whistler | white fox | whop | wild ass | wild boar | wild goat | wild ox | wildcat | wildebeest | wingding | witch | wolf | wolverine | wombat | wood rat | woodchuck | woolly mammoth | yak | yerk | zebra | zebu | zoril

See Also | baseball bat | beat | beat out | blink | carnivorous bat | Chiroptera | club | cricket equipment | crush | eutherian | eutherian mammal | fruit bat | grip | handgrip | handle | hit | hold | lumber | megabat | microbat | nictate | nictitate | order Chiroptera | paddle | placental | placental mammal | play | racket | racquet | shell | switch-hit | trounce | turn | vanquish | wing | wink

Bat In Webster's Dictionary

\Bat\, n. [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) 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}.] To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. --Holland.
\Bat\, v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
\Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night), Icel. le[eth]r-blaka (le[eth]r leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus {Nycteribia}, parasitic on bats.
\Bat\, n. [Siamese.] Same as {Tical}, n., 1.
\Bat\, v. t. & i. 1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]
\Bat\, n. 1. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. 2. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang] 3. A stroke of work. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 4. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.] ``A vast host of fowl . . . making at full bat for the North Sea.'' --Pall Mall Mag. 5. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.] 6. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

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