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UK
/bˈæt/
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[ US /ˈbæt/ ]
[ US /ˈbæt/ ]
VERB
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beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
We licked the other team on Sunday! -
use a bat
Who's batting? -
strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
bat the ball -
have a turn at bat
Jones bats first, followed by Martinez -
wink briefly
bat one's eyelids
NOUN
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the club used in playing cricket
a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting - a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
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(baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
he was at bat when it happened
he got four hits in four at-bats - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
How To Use bat In A Sentence
- Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
- He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
- The battery-operated doll comes complete with walkie-talkie and a wardrobe choice of military fatigues or bolero jacket and gold trousers.
- You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
- The reconnaissance is conducted by teams from the reconnaissance company of the airborne brigade and the reconnaissance platoon of an IFV-equipped airborne battalion or by a designated platoon of an airborne battalion. FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support
- The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
- For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300. Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship
- The first batch of ten shows is seen as a test of viewer demand. Times, Sunday Times
- The popular beauty spot is home to a variety of wildlife including birds and types of bats.
- So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
