Definition of At-bat

1. Noun. (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit. "He got four hits in four at-bats"

Exact synonyms: Bat
Generic synonyms: Play, Turn
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game

Definition of At-bat

1. Noun. (baseball) An opportunity to hit. ¹

2. Noun. (baseball) official at-bats. Batting opportunities minus walks, hit by pitches, and sacrifices ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of At-bat

asyndeton
asyndetons
asynechia
asynergia
asynergic
asynergy
asynesia
asystematic
asystole
asystoles
asystolia
asystolic
asystolism
at's
at-
at-bat (current term)
at-bats
at-fault
at-grade
at-home card
at-large
at-large(ip)
at-sign
at-will employment
at/gc ratio
at Her Majesty's pleasure
at a canter
at a glance
at a loss
at a loss(p)

Literary usage of At-bat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The River of Golden Sand: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and by William John Gill, Henry Yule (1880)
"... Sha River—Wild Independent Tibetans—Ba-jung-shih—Welcome on Arrival at Bat'ang—Chao the Magistrate, and Favourable Impressions ..."

2. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1905)
"... bvi at bat тип тег ... Vel bicke mer bá begar/ seger Gisle, ' bvi at bat ..."

3. An Icelandic prose reader: with notes, grammar, and glossary by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1879)
"En aller geta baess at bat se ... bvi at bat er a synt at bar er ... ba skaltu bat vist vita at bat er ..."

Other Resources:

Search for At-bat on Dictionary.com!Search for At-bat on Thesaurus.com!Search for At-bat on Google!Search for At-bat on Wikipedia!

Search