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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!

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