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(bæt)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense bats, present participle batting, past tense, past participle batted
1. countable noun
A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
...a baseball bat.
Synonyms: club, stick, racket More Synonyms of bat
2. verb
When you bat, you have a turn at hitting the ball with a bat in baseball, softball, cricket, orrounders.
Australia, put in to bat, made a cautious start. [VERB]
Synonyms: hit, strike, punch, bang More Synonyms of bat
batting uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
...his batting average.
He's likely to open the batting.
3. countable noun
A bat is a small flying animal that looks like a mouse with wings made of skin. Bats are active at night.
4. See also old bat
5.
See not bat an eyelid
6.
See go (in) to bat for sb
7.
See like a bat out of hell
8.
See off one's own bat
9.
See right off the bat
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bat in British English 1
(bæt)
noun
1.
any of various types of club with a handle, used to hit the ball in certain sports, such as cricket, baseball, or table tennis
2.
a flat round club with a short handle, resembling a table-tennis bat, used by a person on theground to guide the pilot of an aircraft when taxiing
3. cricket short for batsman
4.
any stout stick, esp a wooden one
5. informal
a blow from such a stick
6. Australian
a small board used for tossing the coins in the game of two-up
7. US and Canadian slang
a drinking spree; binge
8. slang
speed; rate; pace
they went at a fair bat
9. another word for batting (sense 1)
10. carry one's bat
11. off one's own bat
12. off the bat
verbWord forms: bats, batting or batted
13. (transitive)
to strike with or as if with a bat
14. (intransitive) sport
(of a player or a team) to take a turn at batting
Word origin
Old English batt club, probably of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic bat, Russian batbat in British English 2
(bæt)
noun
1.
any placental mammal of the order Chiroptera, being a nocturnal mouselike animal flying with a pair of membranous wings (patagia). The group is divided into the Megachiroptera (fruit bats) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
▶ Related adjective: chiropteran2. derogatory, slang
an irritating or eccentric woman (esp in the phrase old bat)
3. blind as a bat
4. have bats in the belfry
5. like a bat out of hell
Derived forms
batlike (ˈbatlike) adjective
Word origin
C14 bakke, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse ledhrblaka leather-flapper, Swedish dialect natt-batta night batbat in British English 3
(bæt)
verbWord forms: bats, batting or batted (transitive)
1.
to wink or flutter (one's eyelids)
2. not bat an eye
Word origin
C17: probably a variant of bate2bat in American English 1
(bæt)
noun
1.
any stout club, stick, or cudgel
2.
a club used to strike the ball in baseball and cricket
3.
a ping-pong paddle, squash racket, etc.
4. US
a turn at batting, as in baseball
see also at-bat5. British
a batsman at cricket
6. [usually pl.]
cotton batting, esp. of an inferior quality; batt
7.
the whip used by a jockey
8. Informal
a blow or hit
9. US, Slang
a drinking bout; spree
10. British, Informal
fast pace; speed
11. Ceramics
a plaster disk on which the clay is based in modeling
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbatted or ˈbatting
12.
to strike with or as with a bat
13.
to have a batting average of
see also batting average verb intransitive
14.
to use a bat
to bat left-handed
15.
to take a turn at batting
to bat third in the lineup
Idioms:
at bat
bat around
bat out
go to bat for
(right) off the bat
Word origin
ME < OE batt, cudgel (prob. < Welsh bat < IE base *bhat-, to strike) & < OFr batte, pestle < battre, batter1bat in American English 2
(bæt)
noun
any of an order (Chiroptera) of furry, nocturnal flying mammals having membranous wings and navigating by echolocation; chiropter: various bats feed on insects, nectar, fruit, flesh, or blood
Idioms:
blind as a bat
have bats in the belfry
Word origin
altered < ME bakke < Scand, as in OSwed backabat in American English 3
(bæt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbatted or ˈbatting
Informal
to wink; blink; flutter
Idioms:
not bat an eye
Word origin
ME baten, to flap (wings) < OFr battre, batter1More idioms containingbat
not bat an eyelid
not bat an eye
blind as a bat
right off the bat
play a straight bat
like a bat out of hell
go to bat for someone
do something off your own bat
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Word lists withbat
AmericaIn other languagesbat
British English: bat /bæt/ NOUN
for games A bat is a special stick that you use to hit a ball in some games.
- American English: bat with ball
- Arabic: مَضْرَب
- Brazilian Portuguese: taco
- Chinese: 球棒
- Croatian: palica
- Czech: pálka
- Danish: bat
- Dutch: knuppel
- European Spanish: bate
- Finnish: maila pesäpallo-ym.
- French: batte
- German: Schläger Ball
- Greek: μπαστούνι μπέιζμπολ
- Italian: mazza
- Japanese: バット
- Korean: 방망이
- Norwegian: balltre
- Polish: kijek
- European Portuguese: taco
- Romanian: bâtă
- Russian: бита
- Latin American Spanish: bate
- Swedish: slagträ
- Thai: ไม้ตีลูกคริกเก็ต
- Turkish: sopa topa sopayla
- Ukrainian: ракетка
- Vietnamese: gậy đánh bóng
British English: bat /bæt/ NOUN
animal A bat is a small animal that looks like a mouse with wings. Bats come out to fly at night.
- American English: bat mammal
- Arabic: خُفَّاش
- Brazilian Portuguese: morcego
- Chinese: 蝙蝠
- Croatian: šišmiš
- Czech: netopýr
- Danish: flagermus
- Dutch: vleermuis
- European Spanish: murciélago
- Finnish: lepakko
- French: chauve-souris
- German: Fledermaus
- Greek: νυχτερίδα
- Italian: pipistrello
- Japanese: コウモリ 動物
- Korean: 박쥐
- Norwegian: flaggermus
- Polish: nietoperz
- European Portuguese: morcego
- Romanian: liliac
- Russian: летучая мышь
- Latin American Spanish: murciélago
- Swedish: fladdermus
- Thai: ค้างคาว
- Turkish: yarasa
- Ukrainian: кажан
- Vietnamese: con dơi
British English: bat VERB
When you bat, you have a turn at hitting the ball with a bat in baseball, softball, cricket, or rounders.
The team, put in to bat, made a cautious start.
- American English: bat
- Brazilian Portuguese: rebater
- Chinese: 击球在棒球、垒球、板球运动中
- European Spanish: batear
- French: être à la batte
- German: schlagen
- Italian: battere
- Japanese: 打席に立つ
- Korean: 타석에 서다
- European Portuguese: rebater
- Latin American Spanish: batear
All related terms of 'bat'
Chinese translation of 'bat'
bat
(bæt)
n (c)
- (= animal)
蝙蝠
(biānfú) (只, zhī) - (for cricket, baseball)
球板/棒
(qiúbǎn/bàng) (只, zhī) - (Brit, for table tennis)
球拍
(qiúpāi) (只, zhī)美 = paddle
vi
- (Cricket, Baseball)
用板/棒击(擊)球
(yòng bǎn/bàng jīqiú)
vt
- he didn't bat an eyelid or (US) eye
他未露声(聲)色
(tā wèilù shēngsè)
off one's own bat (Brit)
独(獨)立地做某事(dúlì de zuò mǒushì)
1 (noun)
Definition
any of various types of club used to hit the ball in certain sports
a baseball bat
Synonyms
club
Men armed with knives and clubs attacked his home.
stick
racket
2 (noun)
Synonyms
hit
a hit on the head
strike
punch
He's asking for a punch on the nose.
bang
a nasty bang on the head
rap
smack
I end up shouting at him or giving him a smack.
thump
He felt a thump on his shoulder.
whack
He gave the tree trunk a whack with the axe.
wallop (informal)
With a single wallop, Clarke sent him flying.
swat
(verb)
Definition
to strike with or as if with a bat
Synonyms
hit
She hit him hard across his left arm.
strike
She took two steps forward and struck him across the mouth.
punch
After punching him on the chin, she hit him over the head.
bang
We could bang on the desks and shout until they let us out.
rap
A guard raps his stick on a metal hand rail.
smack
He smacked the ball against the post.
thump
He thumped me, nearly knocking me over.
whack
Someone whacked him on the head.
wallop (informal)
She walloped me over the head with a cushion.
swat
related words
related adjective chiropteran
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of bang
Definition
a hard blow or loud knock
a nasty bang on the head
Synonyms
blow,
hit,
box,
knock,
stroke,
punch,
belt (informal),
rap,
bump,
bash (informal),
sock (slang),
smack,
thump,
buffet,
clout (informal),
cuff,
clump (slang),
whack,
wallop (informal),
slosh (British, slang),
tonk (informal),
clomp (slang)
in the sense of bang
Definition
to hit or knock, esp. with a loud noise
We could bang on the desks and shout until they let us out.
Synonyms
hit,
pound,
beat,
strike,
crash,
knock,
belt (informal),
hammer,
slam,
rap,
bump,
bash (informal),
thump,
clatter,
pummel,
tonk (informal),
beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)
in the sense of punch
Definition
a blow with the fist
He's asking for a punch on the nose.
Synonyms
blow,
hit,
knock,
bash (informal),
plug (slang),
sock (slang),
thump,
clout (informal),
jab,
swipe (informal),
biff (rare),
bop (informal),
wallop (informal)
Synonyms of 'bat'
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