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[[t]bæt[/t]]

n. v. bat•ted, bat•ting

1) spo the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball

2) spo a racket, esp. one used in badminton or table tennis

3) spo a whip used by a jockey

4) a heavy stick, club, or cudgel

5) Informal. a blow, as with a bat

6) bui any fragment of brick or hardened clay

7) cer any of various slabs used in holding ceramic objects while they are being made

8) tex

batt

9) to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club

10) spo (of a baseball player) to have a batting average of; hit

11) spo

a) to strike at the ball with the bat

b) to take one's turn as a batter

12) sts Slang. to rush

13) spo phv bat around

a) Slang. to roam; drift

b) Informal. to discuss:

to bat around an idea[/ex]

14) spo phv bat in, to cause (a run in baseball) to be scored

15) phv bat out, to produce quickly

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- at bat go to bat for (right) off the bat

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME bat(te), bot, OE batt II

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[[t]bæt[/t]] n.

mam any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, having large wings made of membranes extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs and navigating, usu. at night, by echolocation

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- have bats in one's belfry

Etymology: 1570–75 bat′like`, adj. III

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[[t]bæt[/t]] v. t. bat•ted, bat•ting

to blink; wink; flutter

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- not bat an eye

Etymology: 1605–15; alter. of bate II IV

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[[t]bæt[/t]] n.

1) brit. sts Brit. rate of speed

2) sts Slang. a spree

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Etymology: 1820–25