bat
/bæt/ noun C2- A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game. · You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
- A player rated according to skill in batting. · He's a good fielder and a valuable bat.
- The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- Shale or bituminous shale.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
Plural bats
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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‘Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
## The Bat And The Weasels
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life.
The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free.
Other matches
- bat Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usua... A1
- bat To hit with a bat or B1
- bat To flutter. C2
- bat around To have each of a team's batting line-up positi...
- bat away To knock an object, usually a ball, away from o...
- bat in To bat so that a runner on base effects
- bat out To expel, using bats, paddles or similar things.
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