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| bat [ bat ] |
noun (plural bats) |
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1. club used in sports: in sports such as baseball and cricket, a club used to strike the ball, usually wooden but sometimes made of metal or plastic
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2. heavy stick or club: a heavy stick or wooden club
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3. blow from stick: a blow from a heavy stick or club
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verb (past and past participle bat·ted, present participle bat·ting, 3rd person present singular bats) |
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1. transitive verb strike with bat: to strike somebody or something with a bat
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2. intransitive verb sports have turn at batting: in sports such as baseball and cricket, to come to bat
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3. transitive verb baseball hold particular batting average: in baseball, to have a particular batting average
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4. transitive verb baseball advance runner: in baseball, to advance a runner to the next base by making a base hit
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| [ Old English batt, origin ?] |
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be at bat to be the person on whom success or failure depends (informal)
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go to bat for somebody to support or assist somebody (informal)
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(right) off the bat immediately (informal)
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