ALL meanings of bat
bat
B b - countable noun bat A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis. 3
- verb bat When you bat, you have a turn at hitting the ball with a bat in baseball, softball, cricket, or rounders. 3
- countable noun bat A bat is a small flying animal that looks like a mouse with wings made of skin. Bats are active at night. 3
- noun bat any of various types of club with a handle, used to hit the ball in certain sports, such as cricket, baseball, or table tennis 3
- noun bat a flat round club with a short handle, resembling a table-tennis bat, used by a man on the ground to guide the pilot of an aircraft when taxiing 3
- noun bat any stout stick, esp a wooden one 3
- noun bat a blow from such a stick 3
- noun bat a small board used for tossing the coins in the game of two-up 3
- noun bat a drinking spree; binge 3
- noun bat speed; rate; pace 3
- verb bat to strike with or as if with a bat 3
- verb bat (of a player or a team) to take a turn at batting 3
- noun bat any placental mammal of the order Chiroptera, being a nocturnal mouselike animal flying with a pair of membranous wings (patagia). The group is divided into the Megachiroptera (fruit bats) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) 3
- noun bat an irritating or eccentric woman (esp in the phrase old bat) 3
- verb bat to wink or flutter (one's eyelids) 3
- noun bat any stout club, stick, or cudgel 3
- noun bat a club used to strike the ball in baseball and cricket 3
- noun bat a ping-pong paddle, squash racket, etc. 3
- noun bat a turn at batting, as in baseball 3
- noun bat a batsman at cricket 3
- noun bat cotton batting, esp. of an inferior quality; batt 3
- noun bat the whip used by a jockey 3
- noun bat a blow or hit 3
- noun bat a drinking bout; spree 3
- noun bat fast pace; speed 3
- noun bat a plaster disk on which the clay is based in modeling 3
- verb transitive bat to strike with or as with a bat 3
- verb transitive bat to have a batting average of 3
- intransitive verb bat to use a bat 3
- intransitive verb bat to take a turn at batting 3
- noun bat any of an order (Chiroptera) of furry, nocturnal flying mammals having membranous wings and navigating by echolocation; chiropter: various bats feed on insects, nectar, fruit, flesh, or blood 3
- verb transitive bat to wink; blink; flutter 3
- noun bat An implement with a handle and a solid surface, usually of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as baseball, cricket, and table tennis. 1
- noun bat nocturnal flying mammal 1
- noun bat sport: club or paddle 1
- transitive verb bat hit sth 1
- intransitive verb bat cricket, baseball: be the batter 1
- adjective bat crazy 1
- noun bat pace 1
- noun bat by oneself 1
- noun bat binge drinking 1
- noun bat stick 1
- noun bat William Barclay ("Bat") 1853–1921, U.S. frontier law officer. 1
- verb with object bat to blink; wink; flutter. 1
- verb without object bat Sports. to strike at the ball with the bat. to take one's turn as a batter. 1
- verb without object bat Slang. to rush. 1
- idioms bat not bat an eye, to show no emotion or surprise; maintain a calm exterior: The murderer didn't bat an eye when the jury announced its verdict of guilty. 1
- noun bat Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. 0
- noun bat (offensive) An old woman. 0
- noun bat (Obsolete (No longer in use)) SLA A prostitute who prowls in the evening like a bat. 0