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bat 1 B0109000 (băt)n.1. A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.2. A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.3. Baseball A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.4. Sports a. A club used in cricket, having a broad, flat-surfaced hitting end and a distinct, narrow handle.b. The racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets.v. bat·ted, bat·ting, bats v.tr.1. To hit with or as if with a bat.2. Baseball a. To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat: batted the winning run in with a double.b. To have (a certain percentage) as a batting average.3. Informal To discuss or consider at length: bat an idea around.v.intr.1. Baseball a. To use a bat.b. To have a turn at bat.2. Slang To wander about aimlessly.Phrasal Verb: bat out Informal To produce in a hurried or informal manner: batted out thank-you notes all morning.Idioms: at bat Sports Taking one's turn to bat, as in baseball or cricket. go to bat for To give assistance to; defend. right off the bat Without hesitation; immediately: They responded right off the bat.
[Middle English, perhaps partly of Celtic origin and partly from Old French batte, pounding implement, flail (from batre, to beat; see batter1).]
bat 2 B0109000 (băt)n. Any of various nocturnal flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, having membranous wings that extend from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail and anatomical adaptations for echolocation, by which they navigate and hunt prey.Idiom: have bats in (one's) belfry To behave in an eccentric, bizarre manner.
[Alteration of Middle English bakke, of Scandinavian origin.]
bat 3 B0109000 (băt)tr.v. bat·ted, bat·ting, bats To wink or flutter: bat one's eyelashes.Idiom: not bat an eye/eyelash Informal To show no emotion; appear unaffected: The reporter didn't bat an eyelash while reading the gruesome news.
[Probably a variant of bate.]
bat 4 B0109000 (băt)n. Slang A binge; a spree.
[Probably from batter, spree.]
BATabbr. Bachelor of Arts in Teachingbat outTo flatten raw meat slices with a cutlet bat.bat out
bat outTo produce or create something very hastily. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bat" and "out." A: "I can't believe he batted out three papers in one day." B: "I bet he doesn't get very good grades on them though."See also: bat, outbatted outArrested or apprehended. Well, I had to go down to the police station this morning because it seems that my son was batted out last night on his way home.See also: bat, outbat outv. To produce something in a hurried or informal manner: The new store owner batted out thank-you notes to his first customers all morning. I don't have time before the big party to bake hundreds of cookies, but I think I can bat a few dozen out.See also: bat, outbatted out verbSee battedSee also: bat, outEncyclopediaSeebat |