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noun

plural bats

[count] a long rounded stick that is used to hit the ball in baseball

a baseball bat

a long flattened stick that is used to hit the ball in cricket

Brit :paddle

a table tennis bat - compare 3bat

at bat

baseball

used to describe the player or team that is batting

He got a home run on his first time at bat.

The home team is at bat. [=is batting]

the act of batting

She has two hits in three at bats.

go to bat

baseball :to be the player or team that is batting

The visiting team goes to bat first. [=the visiting team bats first]

go to bat for

US informal :to try to help, support, or defend (someone or something) in an active way

Many of his friends went to bat for him while he was under investigation for fraud.

off the bat

chiefly US informal :without any delay :immediately

usually used with right

I could tell it was fake right off the bat. [=right away]

off your own bat

Brit informal :through your own efforts

He didn't need my helphe made good off his own bat.

verb

bats; batted; batting

[+ obj] :to hit (something, such as a ball) with a bat, club, etc., or with your hand

The ball was batted down.

a batted ball [=a ball that has been hit by a batter in baseball]

[no obj] :to try to hit a ball with a bat in baseball, cricket, or a similar game

It's your turn to bat.

She was batting when it began to rain.

Who's batting? = Who's up to bat?

[no obj] baseball :to have a specified batting average

This year he's batting [=hitting] .300. [=his batting average is .300]

She has five hits in five at bats, so she's batting a thousand. [=her batting average is 1.000]

In figurative use, to bat a thousand is to succeed in every attempt. This is an informal phrase that is used chiefly in U.S. English.

So far in her career, she's batting a thousand. [=she has succeeded in everything she has done in her career]

No one bats a thousand in this business. - compare 4bat

bat around

[phrasal verb]

bat (something) around or bat around (something) informal :to think about or talk about (something, such as an idea) for a period of time

The plan was batted around for a while, but it was finally rejected.

We've been batting the idea around for a few years.

bat in

[phrasal verb]

bat in (a run) also bat (a run) in baseball :to hit the ball in a way that makes it possible for a run to score

He batted in 70 runs last year.

noun

plural bats

[count] an animal that has wings and a furry body like a mouse

informal :an unpleasant old woman

Don't take any notice of that old bat! - compare 1bat

bats in the/your belfry

xem belfry

(as) blind as a bat

xem blind

like a bat out of hell

informal :very quickly

He ran out of the house like a bat out of hell.

verb

bats; batted; batting

[+ obj] :to close and open (your eyes or eyelashes) very quickly several times especially as a way of flirting

She smiled and batted her eyelashes at him. - compare 2bat

not bat an eye/eyelash

US or Brit not bat an eyelid

informal :to show no surprise, fear, concern, etc.

He thought the news would make her upset, but she never batted an eye. [=she did not appear to be upset at all]

He listened without batting an eyelash.

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