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Definition of Bat
1. Noun. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
Generic synonyms: Eutherian, Eutherian Mammal, Placental, Placental Mammal
Group relationships: Chiroptera, Order Chiroptera
Specialized synonyms: Fruit Bat, Megabat, Carnivorous Bat, Microbat
Terms within: Wing
2. Verb. Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat. "Bat the ball"
Generic synonyms: Hit
Specialized synonyms: Switch-hit
Derivative terms: Batter, Batting
3. Noun. (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit. "He got four hits in four at-bats"
4. Verb. Wink briefly. "Bat one's eyelids"
5. Noun. A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash.
6. Verb. Have a turn at bat. "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
7. Noun. The club used in playing cricket. "A cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting"
Generic synonyms: Cricket Equipment
Terms within: Grip, Handgrip, Handle, Hold
8. Verb. Use a bat. "Who's batting?"
9. Noun. A club used for hitting a ball in various games.
10. Verb. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. "The fighter managed to bat his opponent"; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Related verbs: Flail, Lam, Thrash, Thresh
Derivative terms: Drubbing, Thrashing
Definition of Bat
1. n. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
2. v. t. To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
3. v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
4. n. One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.
5. n. Same as Tical,
6. v. t. & i. To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
7. n. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
Definition of Bat
1. Acronym. best available technology; a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges. ¹
2. Noun. 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. ¹
3. Noun. (context: offensive) An old woman. ¹
4. Noun. (1811) A low whore: so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening. ¹
5. Noun. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket. ¹
6. Noun. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game. ¹
7. Noun. (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.) ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) to hit with a bat. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive) to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) to strike or swipe as though with a bat ¹
11. Verb. (transitive) to flutter: ''bat one's eyelashes''. ¹
12. Noun. (obsolete) packsaddle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bat
1. to hit a baseball [v BATTED, BATTING, BATS]
Medical Definition of Bat
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1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bat
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