bat

1. (verb) wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
Synonyms: flutter
Related Words: blink, nictate, nictitate, wink

2. (noun) a turn batting (in baseball); "he was at bat when it happened" or "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats"
Synonyms: at-bat
Related Words: play, turn

3. (verb) beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
Synonyms: clobber, drub, lick, thrash
Related Words: beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish

4. (verb) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
Related Words: hit

5. (noun) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Synonyms: chiropteran
Related Words: carnivorous bat, eutherian, eutherian mammal, fruit bat, megabat, microbat, placental, placental mammal

6. (noun) used for hitting the ball in various games
Related Words: club

7. (noun) an implement used in baseball by the batter
Synonyms: baseball bat, lumber
Related Words: baseball equipment

8. (noun) a bat used in playing cricket
Synonyms: cricket bat
Related Words: cricket equipment

9. (noun) a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
Synonyms: squash racket, squash racquet
Related Words: racket, racquet



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