batman
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Is batman a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (military) A servant or valet to a military officer.Examples: "[A]s a rule the chambers were occupied only by Stack, who had been Wilfrid's batman in the war, and had for him one of those sphinx-like habits which wear better than expressed devotions."Synonyms: orderly
2. (by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter.Examples: "He became my retainer, my batman, the solution to my ever-growing need for an extra pair of hands."; "Thank you to a special Carer, Thank you for being my nurse, My housemaid, and my cook, My batman and my chauffeur, And my eyes when I forget to look!"; "The Quease, as you will have read, thought this a huge cheek and, as is ever the case with her, was not slow to point it out. She further accused me of treating him as my batman."broadlyinformal
noun (English)
1. (Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
2. (historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).Examples: "Euery bateman [in Bagdad] maketh 7. pound and 5. ounces English waight."; "A Batman is fiue and fiftie pound weight English."; "Their weights [in Khiva] are the great batman equal to 18 lb. russian, and the lesser batman 9¼."historical
verb (English)
1. (slang, climbing) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).Examples: "At 16,200 feet I batmanned madly down the fixed ropes, stopping constantly to catch my breath, not sure how much longer I could continue."; "Instead, they batmanned effortlessly hand-over-hand up the rope like kids pulling in perch."; "The Germans had left fixed ropes in place, which the Brits unashamedly batmanned up to reach the summit ridge."slang
verb (English)
1. (slang, climbing) Alternative letter-case form of batman.Examples: "He laughed, Batmanned back up to his last piece of gear and hammered a 5/8-inch angle piton into the crack with an ascending ring like any nail met with a hammer."alt-ofslang
Definition source: Wiktionary