bat

1. (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.Synonyms: kip, kylie, lannet, stick, kip, stick, kylie, lannet

2. (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.Examples: "bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat"

3. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.ScotlandUKdialectal

4. (informal) Rate of motion; speed.Examples: "On starting, The Nun led at a very slow pace for a quarter of a mile, when the Shrigley colt made running at a good bat."; "a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea."informal

5. (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.USdatedslang

6. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.ScotlandUKdialectal

1. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.Examples: "He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack."; "We batted a few ideas around."transitive

2. (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.intransitive

3. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.Examples: "The cat batted at the toy."intransitive

4. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.UKdialectalobsolete

1. (transitive) To flutterExamples: "to bat one’s eyelashes"transitive

2. (US, UK, dialect) To wink.UKUSdialectal

3. (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.Examples: "I’ve spent all week batting around the country."; "The "Star" is batting along at about a mile a minute, chattering away at the chimney and snatching small coal off the shovel."intransitiveusually

1. (obsolete) A packsaddle.obsolete

1. (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).CaribbeanMulticultural-London-Englishabbreviationalt-ofclipping