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Bats and Bat Definitions

Bats

Mentally deranged; crazy.

Bat

A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

Bats

Plural of bat

Bat

A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

Bats

(informal) Mad, insane.
You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.

Bat

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

Crazy; insane; loony; demented; batty.

Bat

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

Bats

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;
It used to drive my husband balmy

Bat

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

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.

Bat

A binge; a spree.
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Bat

To hit with or as if with a bat.

Bat

To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat
Batted the winning run in with a double.

Bat

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

Bat

(Informal) To discuss or consider at length
Bat an idea around.

Bat

To use a bat.

Bat

To have a turn at bat.
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Bat

(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.

Bat

To wink or flutter
Bat one's eyelashes.

Bat

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

Bat

(derogatory) An old woman.

Bat

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

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?

Bat

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

Bat

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

Bat

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

Bat

A part of a brick with one whole end.

Bat

A stroke; a sharp blow.

Bat

A stroke of work.

Bat

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

Bat

A spree; a jollification.

Bat

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Bat

A rough walking stick.

Bat

(obsolete) A packsaddle.

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.

Bat

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

Bat

(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
The cat batted at the toy.

Bat

(transitive) To flutter
Bat one's eyelashes

Bat

To wink.

Bat

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Bat

To flit quickly from place to place.
I've spent all week batting around the country.

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.

Bat

In badminton, tennis, and similar games, 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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