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bat English

Meaning bat meaning

What does bat mean?
Definitions in simple English

bat Noun

— A bat is a small, furry animal (a mammal) that has wings and can fly. — A bat is a special stick used to hit the ball in baseball, and in some other games.

bat Verb

— If you bat, you swing something or try to hit something. She batted her eyelashes shyly. The cat batted at the mouse with its paws. The baseball player did not bat well in the game.

bat

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

Synonyms bat synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bat?

Bat English » English

Wano name

bat English » English

club stick cudgel racket flying fox truncheon racquet hit bludgeon staff flutter chiropteran war club thrash squash racquet squash racket shillelagh play paddle lick lathi ghost fruit bat flap drub devil cricket bat cream clobber cane bird billy beat baton at-bat worst wink whop whip twitch turn top thump out swing strike stike stamp out smite small slug

BAT English » English

brown fat brown adipose tissue

Topics bat topics

What do people use bat to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals Mammal

Bat
Person Body Head

Eye
Person Healthy Disabled

Poor eyesight
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly

Conjugation bat conjugation

How do you conjugate bat?

bat · verb

Examples bat examples

How do I use bat in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Without his glasses, he is as blind as a bat.
Not only the balls; the bat was also stolen yesterday.
A bat is no more a bird than a rat is.
You must be blind as a bat if you couldn't see it.
The player swung the bat at a ball.
Each player on the team has his own bat.
Is that a bat?
The boy hit the ball with his new bat.
You need a bat, a ball and gloves to play baseball.
There's a bat on the ceiling in my office!
Mary is a nutty old bat.
A fat cat with a hat on, sat on a mat, dreaming to catch a rat or a bat.
I knew right off the bat that something was wrong.
A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly.
The bat was stolen yesterday, along with the balls.
He hit a ball with the bat.
A bat is not a bird, but a mammal.
She attacked him with a baseball bat.
Tom beat Mary to death with a baseball bat.
He's as blind as a bat.
Tom hit the ball so hard he split the bat.
Tom tightened his grip on the bat.

Movie subtitles

I should've said that right off the bat.
Bat Carilla.
I want Killer Peppi, Otero, Kid Bean and Bat to go with me.
Bat, stay outside that door and don't let anybody in.
There's that bat again.
My, that was a big bat.
It's that big gray bat again, sir.
They cannot harm that bat.
Careful, a bat!
God, that bat was huge.
A bat, Professor.
You'll never harm that bat.
You pegged me right off the bat, didn't you?
Yes, I pegged you right off the bat.
He had starred in The Big House, The Bat Whispers and The Red-Headed Woman opposite Jean Harlow, just before being slated for The Invisible Man.
Bat your eyes and you could catch any man you wanted.
Let her go to bat with a libel suit and see what she collects.
I ain't seen shooting' like that since Bat Masterson killed that Paiute chief.
Actually, would you prefer a girl with healthy eyes. to a girl with pretty eyes who's blind as a bat?
And now, before you die, my pretty one, I shall tell you I am not Professor Fetlock, the astronomer, I am Baggo the Bat!
I used to bat.320 at reform school.
I'd be there with a baseball bat, beating them off.
Crazy as a bat!
No, he's blind as a bat.
To say what you want right off the bat isn't considered polite among Indians.
Twinkle, twinkle little bat.

News and current affairs

We know these creatures' apotheosis, Dracula, as a vampire from Transylvania, a bat-like person with long canine teeth who lies in a coffin during the day and bites necks and drinks blood for sustenance.
Independent candidates can choose from an assortment of alternatives, ranging from a cricket bat to images of various large animals.
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