bat

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bat

1	n v	a club used for hitting a ball in various games use a bat
2	n	nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
3	v	wink briefly
4	v	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bat

Types:: baseball bat, lumber
an implement used in baseball by the batter; paddle
small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games; pingpong paddle, table-tennis bat, table-tennis racquet
paddle used to play table tennis

“a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting”

Type of:: racket, racquet
a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

“he was at bat when it happened”

“he got four hits in four at-bats”

Type of:: play, turn
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

“Who's batting?”

“bat the ball”

Types:: switch-hit
bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher

“Jones bats first, followed by Martinez”

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; 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; flying fox
large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox; Pteropus capestratus
a variety of fruit bat; Pteropus hypomelanus
a variety of fruit bat; harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes; Cynopterus sphinx
a variety of fruit eating bat; mouse-eared bat
a carnivorous bat with ears like a mouse; leaf-nosed bat, leafnose bat
bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae; vespertilian bat, vespertilionid
a variety of carnivorous bat; brown bat
any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings; free-tailed bat, freetail, freetailed bat
small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions; mastiff bat
a soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings; often runs along the ground; true vampire bat, vampire bat
any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood

Type of:: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

“bat one's eyelids”

Type of:: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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