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(verb) wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" |
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Synonyms: flutter |
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Related Words: blink, nictate, nictitate, wink |
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(noun) a turn batting (in baseball); "he was at bat when it happened" or "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats" |
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Synonyms: at-bat |
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Related Words: play, turn |
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(verb) beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" |
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Synonyms: clobber, drub, lick, thrash |
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Related Words: beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish |
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(verb) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat |
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Related Words: hit |
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(noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate |
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Synonyms: chiropteran |
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Related Words: carnivorous bat, eutherian, eutherian mammal, fruit bat, megabat, microbat, placental, placental mammal |
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(noun) used for hitting the ball in various games |
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Related Words: club |
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(noun) an implement used in baseball by the batter |
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Synonyms: baseball bat, lumber |
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Related Words: baseball equipment |
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(noun) a bat used in playing cricket |
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Synonyms: cricket bat |
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Related Words: cricket equipment |
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(noun) a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash |
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Synonyms: squash racket, squash racquet |
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Related Words: racket, racquet |
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