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Definition bat

Etymology 1

Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, from North Germanic. Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakk� (literally �night-flapper�), Old Norse le�rblaka (literally �leather-flapper�).

Noun

bat (plural bats)

1. Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.
2. (derogatory) An old woman.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (�bat, club, cudgel�), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (�club, cudgel�) and modern Breton bazh (�swagger stick�).

Noun

bat (plural bats)

1. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
2. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
3. (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
4. (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
5. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
6. A part of a brick with one whole end.
7. A stroke; a sharp blow.
8. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A stroke of work.
9. (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
10. (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
11. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Verb

bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)

1. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
2. (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
3. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.

Etymology 3

Possibly a variant of bate.

Verb

bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)

1. (transitive) To flutter: bat one's eyelashes.
2. (US, Britain, dialectal) To wink.
3. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French b�t, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of *bast?re (�to carry�), from Late Greek *bast�n, from Ancient Greek ??????? (bast�z?, �to lift, carry�).

Cognate to baton.

Noun

bat (plural bats)

1. (obsolete) A packsaddle.

Etymology 5

Noun

bat

1. Dated form of baht (�Thai currency�).

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