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Meaning:

Noun:

  • 1811 A low whore: so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening.
  • A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
  • Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1,000 bat species in the world.
  • A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
  • offensive An old woman.
  • two-up: The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, ''The Australian Language'', second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242.)

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Verb:

  • intransitive to strike or swipe as though with a bat
  • intransitive to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
  • transitive to flutter: ''bat one's eyelashes''.
  • transitive to hit with a bat.

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