'BAT' definitions:

Definition of 'bat'

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

Definition of 'Bat'

From: GCIDE
  • Bat \Bat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Batted (b[a^]t"t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Batting.] To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bat'

From: GCIDE
  • Bat \Bat\ (b[a^]t), n. [OE. batte, botte, AS. batt; perhaps fr. the Celtic; cf. Ir. bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf. also F. batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 5. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 7. A stroke of work. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 8. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.] "A vast host of fowl . . . making at full bat for the North Sea." --Pall Mall Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 9. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 10. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Bat bolt (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bat'

From: GCIDE
  • Bat \Bat\, v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball; when used with a numerical postmodifier it indicates a baseball player's performance (as a decimal) at bat; as, he batted .270 in 1993 (i.e. he got safe hits in 27 percent of his official turns at bat). [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Bat'

From: GCIDE
  • Bat \Bat\, v. t. & i.
  • 1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Bat'

From: GCIDE
  • Bat \Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night), Icel. le[eth]r-blaka (le[eth]r leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zool.) One of the Chiroptera, 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 Chiroptera and Vampire. [1913 Webster]
  • Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • Bat tick (Zool.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bat'

From: GCIDE
  • Bat \Bat\, n. [Siamese.] Same as Tical, n., 1. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'bat'

From: Easton
  • Bat The Hebrew word (atalleph') so rendered (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18) implies "flying in the dark." The bat is reckoned among the birds in the list of unclean animals. To cast idols to the "moles and to the bats" means to carry them into dark caverns or desolate places to which these animals resort (Isa. 2:20), i.e., to consign them to desolation or ruin.

Acronyms for 'bat'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Baby Advanced Technology [board] (AT)
  • Basic Attention Token (Brave)
  • Bouquet Association Table (DVB)
  • Browser-based Application Toolkit (IBM, WWW)

Words containing 'BAT'