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1. (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
    
2. Stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fibre
   - batten

1. Strike (a ball in a game) with a baseball, cricket or other type of bat
   "bat the ball"
    
2. Wink briefly
   "bat one's eyelids"
   - flutter
    
3. Have a turn at bat
   "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
    
4. Use a bat
   "Who's batting?"
    
5. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   "We batted the other team on Sunday!"
   - cream, clobber, drub, thrash, lick, trounce, slaughter, beat hollow, muller [Brit], smoke [N. Amer], wipe the floor, hammer

Derived forms: battings

See also: batter

Type of: attempt, beat, beat out, blink, crush, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], hit, nictate, nictitate, shell, stuffing, trounce, try, vanquish, wink

Encyclopedia: Bat Bat, leaf nosed