Bat

10 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bat \Bat\, n. [Siamese.]
     Same as {Tical}, n., 1.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bat
       n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form
            membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for
            echolocation by which they navigate [syn: {chiropteran}]
       2: (baseball) a turn batting; "he was at bat when it happened";
          "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats" [syn: {at-bat}]
       3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
          [syn: {squash racket}, {squash racquet}]
       4: a bat used in playing cricket [syn: {cricket bat}]
       5: a club used for hitting a ball in various games
       v 1: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
       2: wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: {flutter}]
       3: have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
       4: use a bat; "Who's batting?"
       5: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the
          other team on Sunday!" [syn: {clobber}, {drub}, {thrash},
          {lick}]
       [also: {batting}, {batted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  442 Moby Thesaurus words for "bat":
     Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Indian buffalo,
     Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, agate, alpaca,
     anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo,
     ass, aurochs, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, badger, bag,
     ball, bandicoot, bang, baseball bat, bash, bassarisk, baton,
     battledore, bauble, bear, beating, beaver, beldam, belt, bender,
     bettong, biddy, biff, billy club, binge, binturong, bison,
     black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox, black sheep,
     blind man, blink, blocks, blow, bludgeon, blue fox, bobcat, bonk,
     booze, bop, bout, brown bear, brush deer, brush wolf, buffalo,
     buffalo wolf, bum, burro, burro deer, bust, cachalot, camel,
     camelopard, capybara, carabao, caribou, carousal, carouse,
     carpincho, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cattalo, cavy,
     celebration, celerity, chamois, checkerboard, cheetah, chessboard,
     chevrotain, chinchilla, chipmunk, chop, cinnamon bear, clap, clip,
     clobber, clout, club, clump, cockhorse, coldcock, compotation,
     coon, coon cat, cotton mouse, cotton rat, cougar, cow, coyote,
     coypu, crack, cricket bat, crone, cue, cut, dash, deal,
     deal a blow, debauch, deck, deer, deer tiger, dig, dingo, dint,
     dog, doll, doll carriage, donkey, dormouse, drab, drift,
     drinking bout, dromedary, drub, drubbing, drumming, drunk,
     drunken carousal, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, escapade,
     eyra, fallow deer, ferret, fetch, fetch a blow, field mouse,
     fisher, fitch, fling, flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel,
     fusillade, gad, gait, gallivant, gazelle, gemsbok, genet, gewgaw,
     gimcrack, giraffe, glutton, gnu, gnu goat, goat, goat antelope,
     golf club, gopher, grizzly bear, ground squirrel, groundhog,
     guanaco, guinea pig, guzzle, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope,
     hartebeest, hedgehog, hippopotamus, hit, hit a clip, hobbyhorse,
     hog, horse, hyena, hyrax, ibex, jab, jack-in-the-box, jackal,
     jackass, jackrabbit, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jag, jaguar,
     jaguarundi, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, kaama, kangaroo,
     kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat, karakul, kickshaw, kinkajou, kit fox,
     knickknack, knobkerrie, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out,
     koala, lapin, lark, lemming, leopard, leopard cat, lick, lion,
     llama, lynx, mace, mammoth, mara, marble, marionette, marmot,
     marten, mastodon, meander, meerkat, mig, mink, mole, mongoose,
     mooch, moose, mouflon, mountain goat, mountain lion,
     mountain sheep, mouse, mule, mule deer, muntjac, musk deer,
     musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat, musquash, nictitate, nilgai, nutria,
     ocelot, okapi, onager, oont, opossum, orgy, otter, ounce, ox, pace,
     pack rat, painter, panda, pangolin, panther, paper doll, paste,
     peccary, pelt, peludo, phalanger, pick-up sticks, pig, pine mouse,
     pinwheel, platypus, plaything, ploy, plunk, pocket gopher,
     pocket mouse, pocket rat, poke, polar bear, polar fox, polecat,
     porcupine, possum, potation, pouched rat, pound, poyou,
     prairie dog, prairie wolf, pronghorn, pub-crawl, puma, punch,
     puppet, quickness, rabbit, raccoon, racket, rag doll, ramble,
     randan, randy, rap, rapidity, rat, red deer, red squirrel,
     reindeer, revel, rhinoceros, roam, rocking horse, roe, roe deer,
     roebuck, rove, sable, serval, sheep, shillelagh, shrew, shrew mole,
     sika, silver fox, skunk, slam, slog, sloth, slug, smack, smash,
     smite, snap, snowshoe rabbit, soak, sock, sport, spree, springbok,
     squirrel, steelie, stoat, strike, strike at, stroke, suslik,
     swamp rabbit, swat, swiftness, swine, swing, swipe, symposium,
     takin, tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba,
     tatouay, tattoo, taw, tear, teetotum, the blind, the sightless,
     the unseeing, thump, thwack, tiger, tiger cat, timber wolf, toot,
     top, toy, toy soldier, traipse, tree shrew, trinket, trot,
     truncheon, twinkle, urus, velocity, vole, wallaby, wallop,
     war club, warthog, wassail, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel,
     whack, wham, wharf rat, whim-wham, whistler, white fox, whop,
     wild ass, wild boar, wild goat, wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest,
     wingding, witch, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat, woodchuck,
     woolly mammoth, yak, yerk, zebra, zebu, zoril
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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.