bat

Pronunciation

• enPR: băt
• IPA ^(key): /bæt/
• SAMPA: /b{t/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular bat

Plural bats

1. (countable) A bat is a small, furry animal (a mammal) that has wings and can fly.
2. (countable) A bat is a special stick used to hit the ball in baseball, and in some other games.

• 

  A bat

• 

  Four baseball bats

Verb

Plain form bat

Third-person singular bats

Past tense batted

Past participle batted

Present participle batting

1. If you bat, you swing something or try to hit something.

   She batted her eyelashes shyly.

   The cat batted at the mouse with its paws.

   The baseball player did not bat well in the game.