Bat vs. Racket

Bat and Racket Definitions
Bat
A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.
Racket
A device consisting of an oval or circular frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.
Bat
A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.
Racket
A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.
Bat
(Baseball) A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.
Racket
A snowshoe.
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Bat
A club used in cricket, having a broad, flat-surfaced hitting end and a distinct, narrow handle.
Racket
A loud distressing noise.
Bat
The racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets.
Racket
A dishonest or fraudulent business or practice.
Bat
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.
Racket
Often rackets An illegal moneymaking activity, especially one controlled by organized crime.
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Bat
A binge; a spree.
Racket
An easy, profitable means of livelihood.
Bat
To hit with or as if with a bat.
Racket
(Slang) A business or occupation.
Bat
To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat
Batted the winning run in with a double.
Racket
To make or move with a loud distressing noise.
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Bat
To have (a certain percentage) as a batting average.
Racket
To lead an active social life.
Bat
(Informal) To discuss or consider at length
Bat an idea around.
Racket
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
Bat
To use a bat.
Racket
(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Bat
To have a turn at bat.
Racket
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Bat
(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.
Racket
A loud noise.
Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.
With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!
What's all this racket?
Bat
To wink or flutter
Bat one's eyelashes.
Racket
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
Prostitution and gambling controlled by rackets
They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.
Bat
Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
Racket
A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
Bat
(derogatory) An old woman.
Racket
Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
Bat
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
Racket
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
Bat
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
Racket
(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
Bat
(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
Racket
To be dissipated; to carouse.
Bat
(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
Racket
A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.
Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket.
Bat
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
Racket
A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; - chiefly in the plural.
Bat
A part of a brick with one whole end.
Racket
A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Bat
A stroke; a sharp blow.
Racket
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.
Bat
A stroke of work.
Racket
Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
Bat
(informal) Rate of motion; speed.
Racket
A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
Bat
A spree; a jollification.
Racket
A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also, such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a racket; to stand upon the racket.
Bat
Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Racket
An organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion.
Bat
A rough walking stick.
Racket
To strike with, or as with, a racket.
Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.
Bat
(obsolete) A packsaddle.
Racket
To make a confused noise or racket.
Bat
(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
We batted a few ideas around.
Racket
To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.
Bat
(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
Racket
To carouse or engage in dissipation.
Bat
(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
The cat batted at the toy.
Racket
A loud and disturbing noise
Bat
(transitive) To flutter
Bat one's eyelashes
Racket
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
Bat
To wink.
Racket
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;
Modern music is just noise to me
Bat
To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
Racket
A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
Bat
To flit quickly from place to place.
I've spent all week batting around the country.
Racket
Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;
The members of the wedding party made merry all night
Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!
Bat
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.
Racket
Make loud and annoying noises
Bat
In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
Racket
Hit (a ball) with a racket
Bat
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
Bat
A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.
Bat
Shale or bituminous shale.
Bat
A stroke; a sharp blow.
Bat
A stroke of work.
Bat
Rate of motion; speed.
Bat
A spree; a jollification.
Bat
Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Bat
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.
Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling.
Bat
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
Bat
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).
Bat
To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
Bat
To wink.
Bat
Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Bat
(baseball) a turn batting;
He was at bat when it happened
He got 4 hits in 4 at-bats
Bat
A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
Bat
A bat used in playing cricket
Bat
A club used for hitting a ball in various games
Bat
Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;
Bat the ball
Bat
Wink briefly;
Bat one's eyelids
Bat
Have a turn at bat;
Jones bats first, followed by Martinez
Bat
Use a bat;
Who's batting?
Bat
Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;
We licked the other team on Sunday!