There weren't quite cobwebs in the corners and bats swooping down in our faces, but almost.
Hodgman, Ann MY BABYSITTER BITES BACK (2004)
Her black hair fluttered wildly as if invisible bats were escaping from their roosts inside her skull.
James W. Hall BLACKWATER SOUND (2004)
All related terms of 'bats'
bat
A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball , cricket, rounders , or table tennis.
flittermice
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 )
flittermouse
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 )
rearmice
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 )
rearmouse
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 )
reremice
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 )
reremouse
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 )
batt
a slab-shaped piece of insulating material used in building houses
at-bat
an official turn as a batter : a turn as a batter is not recognized as being official if the batter walks , sacrifices , or is hit by a pitch or interfered with by the catcher
old bat
If someone refers to an old person, especially an old woman, as an old bat , they think that person is silly , annoying, or unpleasant .
brown bat
any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus , found worldwide in caves , trees, and buildings, including M . lucifugus ( little brown bat ) and E. fuscus ( big brown bat ), a widespread North American species
fruit bat
any large Old World bat of the suborder Megachiroptera , occurring in tropical and subtropical regions and feeding on fruit
bats-in-the-belfry
a hairy Eurasian campanulaceous plant, Campanula trachelium , with bell-shaped blue-purple flowers
bat around
to discuss (an idea, proposition , etc) informally
bats-wing coral-tree
a small tree, Erythrina verspertilio , of tropical and subtropical Australia with red flowers and leaves shaped like the wings of a bat
cricket bat
a specially shaped, carved wooden bat used to play cricket
straight bat
a bat held vertically
vampire bat
A vampire bat is a bat from South America which feeds by sucking the blood of other animals.
have bats in the belfry
to be crazy
horseshoe bat
any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats , mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils , used in echolocation : family Rhinolophidae
insectivorous bat
any bat of the suborder Microchiroptera, typically having large ears and feeding on insects . The group includes common bats ( Myotis species), vampire bats, etc
fungo
the act of tossing the ball upwards and hitting it as it descends