Bat vs. Racket

A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

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.

A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.

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

A snowshoe.

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

A loud distressing noise.

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

A dishonest or fraudulent business or practice.

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.

Often rackets An illegal moneymaking activity, especially one controlled by organized crime.

A binge; a spree.

An easy, profitable means of livelihood.

To hit with or as if with a bat.

(Slang) A business or occupation.

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

To make or move with a loud distressing noise.

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

To lead an active social life.

(Informal) To discuss or consider at length

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.

To use a bat.

(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

To have a turn at bat.

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.

(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.

A loud noise.

To wink or flutter

An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.

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

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

(derogatory) An old woman.

Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.

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

To strike with, or as if with, a racket.

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

(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.

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

To be dissipated; to carouse.

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

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.

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

A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; - chiefly in the plural.

A part of a brick with one whole end.

A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.

A stroke of work.

Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

A spree; a jollification.

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.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

An organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion.

A rough walking stick.

To strike with, or as with, a racket.

(obsolete) A packsaddle.

To make a confused noise or racket.

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

To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.

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

To carouse or engage in dissipation.

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

A loud and disturbing noise

(transitive) To flutter

An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

To wink.

The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

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

To flit quickly from place to place.

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;

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.

Make loud and annoying noises

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

Hit (a ball) with 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;