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Entry 16 senses · 6 variants Webster, 1913

Bat

/(băt)/ · IPA /bæt/
01 n. 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.
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    Shale or bituminous shale.(Mining)
  3. 3.
    A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
  4. 4.
    A part of a brick with one whole end. See Brickbat. See: Brickbat
  5. 5.
    In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
  6. 6.
    A stroke; a sharp blow.[Colloq. or Slang]
  7. 7.
    A stroke of work.[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
  8. 8.
    Rate of motion; speed.[Colloq.]
  9. 9.
    A spree; a jollification.[Slang, U. S.]
  10. 10.
    Manner; rate; condition; state of health.[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Phrases & compounds
Bat bolt — a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly.
02 v. t. To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
imp. & p. p. Batted; p. pr. & vb. n. Batting
  1. 1.
    To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
03 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)…
  1. 1.
    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).
04 v. t. & i. To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
  1. 1.
    To bate or flutter, as a hawk.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    To wink.[Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]
05 n. One of the Chiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, leg…
  1. 1.
    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.(Zool.) See: Chiroptera, Vampire
    “Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling.” — Goldsmith.
Phrases & compounds
Bat tick — a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.
06 n. Same as Tical, n., 1.
  1. 1.
    Same as Tical, n., 1. See: Tical