Definitions for BATbæt

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

batbæt(n.; v.)bat•ted, bat•ting.

(n.)the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
Category: Sport
a racket, esp. one used in badminton or table tennis.
Category: Sport
a whip used by a jockey.
Category: Sport
a heavy stick, club, or cudgel.
Informal. a blow, as with a bat.
any fragment of brick or hardened clay.
Category: Building Trades
any of various slabs used in holding ceramic objects while they are being made.
Category: Ceramics
Category: Textiles
Ref: batt . 1
(v.t.)to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club.
(of a baseball player) to have a batting average of; hit.
Category: Sport
(v.i.)to strike at the ball with the bat. to take one's turn as a batter.
Category: Sport
Slang. to rush.
Category: Status (usage)
bat around, Slang. to roam; drift. Informal. to discuss:
to bat around an idea.
Category: Sport, Verb Phrase
bat in, to cause (a run in baseball) to be scored.
Category: Sport, Verb Phrase
bat out, to produce quickly.
Category: Verb Phrase

Idioms for bat:

at bat, taking one's turn to bat in a game. an instance at bat officially charged to a batter.
Category: Idiom, Sport
go to bat for,Informal. to intercede on behalf of.
Category: Idiom, Informal
(right) off the bat,without delay; instantly.
Category: Idiom, Informal

Origin of bat:

1175–1225; ME bat(te), bot, OE batt

batbæt(n.)

any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, having large wings made of membranes extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs and navigating, usu. at night, by echolocation.
Category: Mammals

Idioms for bat:

have bats in one's belfry,to have crazy ideas; behave insanely.
Category: Idiom, Informal

Origin of bat:

1570–75

bat′like`(adj.)

batbæt(v.t.)bat•ted, bat•ting.

to blink; wink; flutter.

Idioms for bat:

not bat an eye,to show no emotion.
Category: Idiom

Origin of bat:

1605–15; alter. of bate2

batbæt(n.)

Brit. rate of speed.
Category: British, Status (usage)
Slang. a spree.
Category: Status (usage)

Origin of bat:

1820–25

bat.

battalion.
Category: Military
battery.

Princeton's WordNet

bat, chiropteran(noun)
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
bat, at-bat(noun)
(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
"he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"
squash racket, squash racquet, bat(noun)
a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
cricket bat, bat(noun)
the club used in playing cricket
"a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting"
bat(verb)
a club used for hitting a ball in various games
bat(verb)
strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
"bat the ball"
bat, flutter(verb)
wink briefly
"bat one's eyelids"
bat(verb)
have a turn at bat
"Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
bat(verb)
use a bat
"Who's batting?"
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick(verb)
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
"We licked the other team on Sunday!"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

bat(noun)æt
a wooden stick used to hit a baseball
to hit the ball with the bat
batæt
a mammal with wings that flies at night
Bats hunt at night.
bat(verb)æt
to be a player hitting in baseball
Who's batting first?
batæt
to not show any negative reaction
"Of course I'll do it," she said without batting an eye.
batæt
to do sth to help or show support
He went to bat for me when nobody else believed me.

Wiktionary

bat(Noun)
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
bat(Noun)
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
bat
: The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242.)
bat(Verb)
to hit with a bat.
bat(Verb)
to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
bat
to strike or swipe as though with a bat
The cat batted at the toy.
bat(Verb)
to flutter: bat one's eyelashes.
bat(Noun)
packsaddle

Origin: From baitaz. Related to Old Norse beit. bátr (Icelandic: bátur) is a borrowing from ; German Boot and Dutch boot are loans from the descendant.

Webster Dictionary

Bat(noun)
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(noun)
shale or bituminous shale
Bat(noun)
a sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting
Bat(noun)
a part of a brick with one whole end
Bat(verb)
to strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat
Bat(verb)
to use a bat, as in a game of baseball
Bat(noun)
one of the Cheiroptera, 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 Cheiroptera and Vampire