Definition of bat Bat
/bƦĖt/ - [bat] - bat
We found 39 definitions of bat from 10 different sources.
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What does bat mean?
WordNet
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| bat - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate | ||
| chiropteran | ||
| eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
| chiroptera, order chiroptera an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) | ||
| fruit bat, megabat large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit | ||
| carnivorous bat, microbat typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution | ||
| bat - a club used for hitting a ball in various games | ||
| club stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club" | ||
| baseball bat, lumber an implement used in baseball by the batter | ||
| bat - (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" | ||
| at-bat | ||
| turn, play taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" | ||
| bat - the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting" | ||
| cricket bat | ||
| cricket equipment sports equipment used in playing cricket | ||
| bat - a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash | ||
| squash racket, squash racquet | ||
| racquet, racket an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | ||
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| bat - strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball" | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| switch-hit bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher | ||
| bat - use a bat; "Who's batting?" | ||
| bat wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| bat - have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez" | ||
| bat wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| bat - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" | ||
| flutter | ||
| nictate, nictitate, blink, wink briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" | ||
| bat - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" | ||
| cream, clobber, drub, thrash, lick | ||
| vanquish, beat out, trounce, crush, shell, beat beat out a rhythm | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bat (Noun)
Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1,000 bat species in the world. - bat (Noun)
An old woman. - bat (Noun)
A low whore: so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening. - 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 (Noun)
The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them. - bat (Noun)
packsaddle. - 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 (Verb)
To strike or swipe as though with a bat. - bat (Verb)
To flutter: bat one's eyelashes.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
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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 (n.)
Shale or bituminous shale. - bat (n.)
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. - bat (n.)
A part of a brick with one whole end. - bat (v. t.)
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. - bat (v. i.)
To use a bat, as in a game of baseball. - bat (n.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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A small, nocturnal, flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, which navigates by means of echolocation. It looks like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. -
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A piece of brick cut along the narrow dimension. -
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Half a brick when it is cut across. -
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A saddle created to secure and carry goods on an animal.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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bat, n. a heavy stick: a flat club for striking the ball in cricket, a club for base-balls, a batsman: the clown's sword in a pantomime: a piece of brick: (slang) rate of speed, style.āv.i. to use the bat in cricket:āpr.p. batā²ting; pa.p. batā²ted.āns. Batā²ter, Batsā²man, one who wields the bat at cricket, &c.; Batā²ting, the management of a bat in playing games: cotton fibre prepared in sheets. [Perh. from A.S. bat (a doubtful form), prob. Celt. bat, staff.] -
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bat, n. an animal with a body like a mouse, but which flies on wings attached mainly to its fore-feet, but extending along its sides to the hind-feet. [M. E. bakke, apparently from Scand.; cf. Dan. aftenbakke, evening-bat.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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An Anglo-Saxon term for boat or vessel. Also a broad-bodied thoracic fish, with a small head, and distinguished by its large triangular dorsal and anal fins, which exceed the length of the body. It is the ChƦtodon vespertilio of naturalists.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary š¤”
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Senior partner of Bat, Ball & Co., and never found without the rest of the firm, as it takes several high-balls to make one short bat.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue š
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A low whore: so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening.
Wikipedia 
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Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera'". Bats are the only mammals that can fly. (Other mammals like flying squirrels, or flying possums look like they can fly, but they can only glide in the air for short distances.) Bats are the second largest order of mammals.
Appearance and Life.
Bats fly with their wings that are made of skin stretched between the bones of the bat's arms and fingers.
Most bats are described as ānocturnalā, that is, they are active during the night, the dusk, or the dawn. Some of them use echolocation. This means instead of using their small eyes, they have special body parts they can use to find their way around by bouncing sound waves off of objects, like a radar.
Megabats eat fruit, nectar or pollen. Most microbats (7 out of 10) are āinsectivorousā, that is, they eat insects, but some microbats eat small vertebrate animals (small mammals or fish), blood, or even other bats.
There are over 1,100 different kinds of bats. All these different kinds of bats are thought to make up as much as 20% of all mammal species.
Bats mostly live in caves or trees. In North America and in Europe they sometimes live in peoples houses without them knowing.
Unusual bats.
Fruit bats ("Pteropodidae") are the largest of the bats. They eat fruit and can see well. There are 166 species, all found in the Old World.
Vampire bats live in Latin America. They are famous for only drinking blood.
The Fisherman bat Lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. It swoops low over water a
