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bat
has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,zoology,games,cricket
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[ verb ] (baseball) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
Examples "bat the ball" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Russ sprang through to bat it nimbly aside . (Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)In the last of the sixth inning Mike_Deegan got_up to bat and hit a fast_ball over the left_fielder 's head . The game started again and in the eighth inning Mike_Deegan came up to bat . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (baseball,games) an implement used in baseball by the batter
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)`` Take a ride on this one '' , Brooks_Robinson greeted Hansen as the Bird third_sacker grabbed a bat , headed for the plate and bounced a third inning two run double off the left centerfield wall tonight . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The Giants who had been anemic with the bat in their windy Candlestick_Park suddenly found the formula in Milwaukee 's park . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Until the Bucs ' bats quieted_down a_bit in Cincinnati over the weekend , the champions had eight men hitting over .300 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Synonyms Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Or the surging whirling sounds of bats at night , when their black bodies dived into the blackness above and below the amber street_lights . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport) a turn batting (in baseball)
Synonyms Examples "he was at bat when it happened" or "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Scherer also had a big night at bat with four hits in five trips including a double , Len_Boehmer also was 4 - for - 5 with two doubles and Dave_Ritchie had a home_run and a triple . |
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[ noun ] (cricket,games) a bat used in playing cricket
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[ noun ] (sport) a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
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[ noun ] a club used for hitting a ball in various games
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