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Definitions for Bats

[1] insane; crazy: He's gone bats.
[2] Sports . the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
[3] a heavy stick, club, or cudgel.
[4] Informal . a blow, as with a bat.
[5] any fragment of brick or hardened clay.
[6] Masonry . a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole.
[7] British Slang . speed; rate of motion or progress, especially the pace of the stroke or step of a race.
[8] Slang . a spree; binge: to go on a bat.
[9] Ceramics . a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing. a slab of moist clay. a ledge or shelf in a kiln. a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip.
[10] batt.
[11] to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club.
[12] Baseball . to have a batting average of; hit: He batted .325 in spring training.
[13] Sports . to strike at the ball with the bat. to take one's turn as a batter.
[14] Slang . to rush.
[15] bat around , Slang . to roam; drift. Informal . to discuss or ponder; debate: We batted the idea around. Baseball . to have every player in the lineup take a turn at bat during a single inning.
[16] bat in , Baseball . to cause (a run) to be scored by getting a hit: He batted in two runs with a double to left.
[17] bat out , to do, write, produce, etc., hurriedly: I have to bat out a term paper before class.
[18] any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs.
[19] to blink; wink; flutter.
[20] a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
[21] informal crazy; very eccentric
[22] textiles another word for batting (def. 1)
[23] Australian and NZ a slab-shaped piece of insulating material used in building houses
[24] any of various types of club with a handle, used to hit the ball in certain sports, such as cricket, baseball, or table tennis
[25] a flat round club with a short handle, resembling a table-tennis bat, used by a man on the ground to guide the pilot of an aircraft when taxiing
[26] cricket short for batsman
[27] any stout stick, esp a wooden one
[28] informal a blow from such a stick
[29] Australian a small board used for tossing the coins in the game of two-up
[30] US and Canadian slang a drinking spree; binge
[31] slang speed; rate; pace they went at a fair bat
[32] another word for batting (def. 1)
[33] carry one's bat cricket (of an opening batsman) to reach the end of an innings without being dismissed
[34] off one's own bat of one's own accord; without being prompted by someone else by one's own unaided efforts
[35] off the bat or right off the bat US and Canadian informal immediately; without hesitation
[36] (tr) to strike with or as if with a bat
[37] (intr) sport (of a player or a team) to take a turn at batting
[38] any placental mammal of the order Chiroptera , being a nocturnal mouselike animal flying with a pair of membranous wings (patagia). The group is divided into the Megachiroptera (fruit bats ) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats ) Related adjective: chiropteran
[39] slang an irritating or eccentric woman (esp in the phrase old bat )
[40] blind as a bat having extremely poor eyesight
[41] have bats in the belfry or have bats in one's belfry informal to be mad or eccentric; have strange ideas
[42] like a bat out of hell slang very quickly
[43] to wink or flutter (one's eyelids)
[44] not bat an eye or not bat an eyelid informal to show no surprise or concern

Words related to Bats

sock, blow, knock, thwack, bop, crack, wallop, smack, swat, bang, slam, rap, thump, strike, whack, belt, whop

Words nearby Bats

baton round, baton twirler, batophobia, batrachian, batrachotoxin, bats, bats in one's belfry, have, bats-in-the-belfry, bats-wing coral-tree, batshit, batsman

Origin of Bats

tFirst recorded in 1830–40; special use of bat1

Other words from Bats

bat·like , adjective

Word origin for Bats

C17: probably a variant of bate ²

Synonyms for Bats

sock, bang, belt, blow, bop, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whop