Bat
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Pronunciation
Noun
Bat (plural Bats)- Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1,000 bat species in the world.
- (offensive) An old woman.
- (obsolete, slang) A low whore: so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening.
Derived terms
terms derived from bat (flying animal)
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. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242.)
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Verb
Bat (third-person singular simple present Bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
- (transitive) to hit 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
- The cat batted at the toy.
Derived terms
Verb
Bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)
- (transitive) to flutter: bat one's eyelashes.
Notes
Most commonly used in phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.
