batnoun [ C ]
uk/bæt/us/bæt/bat noun [ C ] (STICK)
A1 a specially shaped piece of wood used for hitting the ball in some games:
a baseball/cricket/rounders/table tennis bat
See also
batsman
More examples
- They cracked him over the head with a baseball bat.
- She showed me how to hold the bat.
- Swing the bat higher.
- I accidentally bashed him with my bat.
- The whole team had signed the bat.
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Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- maiden
- overthrow
- pavilion
- run sb out
- six
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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bat noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)
B1 a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night
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Wild mammals
- aardvark
- anteater
- armadillo
- bandicoot
- big beast
- fruit bat
- giant panda
- giraffe
- grizzly bear
- hedgehog
- pachyderm
- panda
- platypus
- polar bear
- polecat
- stoat
- tapir
- tusker
- vampire bat
- wallaby
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Idiom(s)
at bat
do sth off your own bat
go to bat for sb
have bats in the belfry
off the bat
batverb
uk/bæt/us/bæt/-tt-bat verb (EYELASHES)
[ T ] to open and close your eyes quickly several times, especially to attract attention or admiration:
She smiled and batted her eyelashes at him.
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Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- beckon
- blow
- bob
- body language
- finger
- gesture
- give sb the finger idiom
- inclination
- mooning
- motion
- namaskar
- nod
- non-verbal
- pump
- pump sb's hand idiom
- signing
- wave sb off
- wave sb/sth down
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bat verb (BALL)
[ I or T ] to try to hit a ball with a bat:
He batted the ball high into the air.
Jones will be the first to bat.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- maiden
- overthrow
- pavilion
- run sb out
- six
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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Idiom(s)
not bat an eyelid
bat a thousand