bat
    n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form
         membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for
         echolocation by which they navigate [syn: bat,
         chiropteran]
    2: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it
       happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" [syn: bat,
       at-bat]
    3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
       [syn: squash racket, squash racquet, bat]
    4: the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow
       handle and a broad flat end for hitting" [syn: cricket bat,
       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: bat, flutter]
    3: have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
    4: use a bat; "Who's batting?"
    5: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
       "We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
       clobber, drub, thrash, lick]

Bat \Bat\, n. [Siamese.]
   Same as Tical, n., 1.
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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.
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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).
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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.]
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   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.
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   2. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables;
      batting.
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   4. A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.
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   5. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. --Kirwan.
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   6. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang]
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   7. A stroke of work. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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   8. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.] "A vast host of fowl . .
      . making at full bat for the North Sea." --Pall Mall Mag.
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   9. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.]
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   10. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov.
       Eng.]
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   Bat bolt (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt
      or tang to make it hold the more firmly. --Knight.
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Bat \Bat\, v. t. & i.
   1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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   2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]
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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.
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         Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling.    --Goldsmith.
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   Bat tick (Zool.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus
      Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.
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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.