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insane; crazy: He's gone bats.
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noun
1.
Sports.
a.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
b.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
c.
a whip used by a jockey.
d.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
e.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
2.
a heavy stick, club, or cudgel.
3.
Informal. a blow, as with a bat.
4.
any fragment of brick or hardened clay.
5.
EXPANDMasonry. a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole.
6.
British Slang. speed; rate of motion or progress, especially the pace of the stroke or step of a race.
7.
Slang. a spree; binge: to go on a bat.
8.
Ceramics.
a.
a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing.
b.
a slab of moist clay.
c.
a ledge or shelf in a kiln.
d.
a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip.
9.
COLLAPSEverb (used with object)
10.
to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club.
11.
verb (used without object)
Verb phrases12.
13.
Slang. to rush.
14.
bat around,
a.
Slang. to roam; drift.
b.
Informal. to discuss or ponder; debate: We batted the idea around.
c.
Baseball. to have every player in the lineup take a turn at bat during a single inning.
15.
bat in, Baseball. to cause (a run) to be scored by getting a hit: He batted in two runs with a double to left.
16.
Idiomsbat out, to do, write, produce, etc., hurriedly: I have to bat out a term paper before class.
17.
at bat, Baseball.
a.
taking one's turn to bat in a game: at bat with two men in scoring position.
b.
an instance at bat officially charged to a batter except when the batter is hit by a pitch, receives a base on balls, is interfered with by the catcher, or makes a sacrifice hit or sacrifice fly: two hits in three at bats.
18.
bat the breeze. breeze1 (def. 11).
19.
go to bat for, Informal. to intercede for; vouch for; defend: to go to bat for a friend.
20.
right off the bat, Informal. at once; without delay: They asked me to sing right off the bat.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English bat, bot, batte, Old English batt, perhaps < Celtic; compare Irish, Scots Gaelic bat, bata staff, cudgel; (v.) Middle English batten, partly from the noun, partly < Old French batre; see batter1
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English bat, bot, batte, Old English batt, perhaps < Celtic; compare Irish, Scots Gaelic bat, bata staff, cudgel; (v.) Middle English batten, partly from the noun, partly < Old French batre; see batter1
Synonyms
10. knock, wallop, swat, smack, sock, slug; clout, clobber.
10. knock, wallop, swat, smack, sock, slug; clout, clobber.
noun
Idioms1.
any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs.
2.
blind as a bat, nearly or completely blind; having very poor vision: Anyone can tell that he's blind as a bat, but he won't wear glasses.
3.
have bats in one's belfry, Informal. to have crazy ideas; be very peculiar, erratic, or foolish: If you think you can row across the ocean in that boat, you have bats in your belfry.
Origin:
1570–75; apparently < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish natt-batta, variant of Old Swedish natt-bakka night-bat; replacing Middle English bakke (< Scand), Middle English balke for *blake < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish natt-blacka
1570–75; apparently < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish natt-batta, variant of Old Swedish natt-bakka night-bat; replacing Middle English bakke (< Scand), Middle English balke for *blake < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish natt-blacka
Related forms
bat·like, adjective
verb (used with object), bat·ted, bat·ting.
Idiom1.
to blink; wink; flutter.
2.
not bat an eye, to show no emotion or surprise; maintain a calm exterior: The murderer didn't bat an eye when the jury announced its verdict of guilty.
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bat
"to move the eyelids," 1847, Amer.Eng., from earlier sense of "flutter as a hawk" (1610s), a variant of bate (2) on the notion of fluttering wings.
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