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bat

1  [bat] noun, verb, bat⋅ted, bat⋅ting.
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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, esp. 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. Masonry. a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole.
6. British Slang. speed; rate of motion or progress, esp. 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. batt.
–verb (used with object)
10. to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club.
11. Baseball. to have a batting average of; hit: He batted .325 in spring training.
–verb (used without object)
12. Sports.
a. to strike at the ball with the bat.
b. to take one's turn as a batter.
13. Slang. to rush.
—Verb phrases
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. bat out, to do, write, produce, etc., hurriedly: I have to bat out a term paper before class.
—Idioms
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. breeze 1 (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; (n.) ME bat, bot, batte, OE batt, perh. < Celt; cf. Ir, ScotGael bat, bata staff, cudgel; (v.) ME batten, partly from the n., partly < OF batre; see batter 1

Synonyms:
10. knock, wallop, swat, smack, sock, slug; clout, clobber.
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bat 1   (bāt)   
n.  

  1. A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

  2. A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

  3. Baseball A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.

  4. Sports

    1. A club used in cricket, having a broad, flat-surfaced hitting end and a distinct, narrow handle.

    2. The racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets.

v.   bat·ted, bat·ting, bats

v.   tr.

  1. To hit with or as if with a bat.

  2. Baseball

    1. To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat: batted the winning run in with a double.

    2. To have (a certain percentage) as a batting average.

  3. Informal To discuss or consider at length: bat an idea around.

v.   intr.

  1. Baseball

    1. To use a bat.

    2. To have a turn at bat.

  2. Slang To wander about aimlessly.

Phrasal Verb(s):
bat outInformal To produce in a hurried or informal manner: batted out thank-you notes all morning.

Idiom(s):
at bat Sports Taking one's turn to bat, as in baseball or cricket.

Idiom(s):
go to bat forTo give assistance to; defend.

Idiom(s):
off the batWithout hesitation; immediately: They responded right off the bat.

[Middle English, perhaps partly of Celtic origin and partly from Old French batte, pounding implement, flail (from batre, to beat; see batter1).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
bat

  1. n.
    a drinking bout. : She was on a bat that lasted over a week.
  2. n.
    a drunkard; a person on a drinking spree. : A tired old bat—still waving a bottle—met me on the stairs.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bat  (v.)
"to move the eyelids," 1847, Amer.Eng., from earlier sense of "flutter as a hawk" (1615), a variant of bate (2) on the notion of fluttering wings.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bat
Pronunciation: 'bat
Function: noun
: any of an order (Chiroptera) of nocturnal placental flying mammals with forelimbs modified to form wings
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

go to bat for

Take the side of, support, defend. For example, Dad will always go to bat for his kids. This term originated in baseball, where it means simply substituting for another batter, but it is the idea of helping one's team in this way that has been transferred to more general use. [Slang; early 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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