Bat vs. Mouse

A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.

A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.

(Baseball) A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.

A cowardly or timid person.

A club used in cricket, having a broad, flat-surfaced hitting end and a distinct, narrow handle.

(Informal) A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye.

The racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets.

Pl. mice or mous·es (mousĭz) Computers A handheld, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics.

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.

To hunt mice.

A binge; a spree.

To search furtively for something; prowl.

To hit with or as if with a bat.

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat

(informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.

To have (a certain percentage) as a batting average.

A quiet or shy person.

(Informal) To discuss or consider at length

(computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.

To use a bat.

(computing) The cursor.

To have a turn at bat.

(boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.

(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.

(nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.

To wink or flutter

(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.

Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

(derogatory) An old woman.

(set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).

A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.

(historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.

A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.

Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.

(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.

(intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. 12

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.

A part of a brick with one whole end.

To navigate by means of a computer mouse.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

A stroke of work.

Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed mouse, or deer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

A spree; a jollification.

A familiar term of endearment.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.

A rough walking stick.

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

(obsolete) A packsaddle.

To watch for and catch mice.

(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.

To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something.

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.

Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

(transitive) To flutter

A hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad;

To wink.

To go stealthily or furtively;

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Manipulate the mouse of a computer

To flit quickly from place to place.

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.

In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.

Shale or bituminous shale.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

A stroke of work.

Rate of motion; speed.

A spree; a jollification.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

One of the Chiroptera, 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 Chiroptera and Vampire.

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball; when used with a numerical postmodifier it indicates a baseball player's performance (as a decimal) at bat; as, he batted .270 in 1993 (i.e. he got safe hits in 27 percent of his official turns at bat).

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

To wink.

Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

(baseball) a turn batting;

A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

A bat used in playing cricket

A club used for hitting a ball in various games

Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;

Wink briefly;

Have a turn at bat;

Use a bat;

Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;