Found 3 items, similar to bat.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: bat
kalong, kampret, kayu pemukul, kelelawar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bat
bat
n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form
membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for
echolocation by which they navigate [syn:
chiropteran]
2: (baseball) a turn batting;
“he was at bat when it happened”;
“he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats” [syn:
at-bat]
3: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
[syn:
squash racket,
squash racquet]
4: a bat used in playing cricket [syn:
cricket bat]
5: a club used for hitting a ball in various games
[also:
batting,
batted]
bat
v 1: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;
“bat the ball”
2: wink briefly;
“bat one's eyelids” [syn:
flutter]
3: have a turn at bat;
“Jones bats first, followed by Martinez”
4: use a bat;
“Who's batting?”
5: beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;
“We licked the
other team on Sunday!” [syn:
clobber,
drub,
thrash,
lick]
[also:
batting,
batted]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bat
Bat
\Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan.
aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night),
Icel. le[eth]r-blaka (le[eth]r leather), Icel. blaka to
flutter.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the
Chiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which
the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the
elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small
and insectivorous. See
Chiroptera and
Vampire.
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Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling. --Goldsmith.
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Bat tick (Zo["o]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the
genus
Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.
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Bat
\Bat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Batted (b[a^]t"t[e^]d); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Batting.]
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
--Holland.
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Bat
\Bat\, v. i.
To use a bat, as in a game of baseball; when used with a
numerical postmodifier it indicates a baseball player's
performance (as a decimal) at bat; as, he batted .270 in 1993
(i.e. he got safe hits in 27 percent of his official turns at
bat).
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Bat
\Bat\ (b[a^]t), n. [OE. batte, botte, AS. batt; perhaps fr.
the Celtic; cf. Ir. bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf. also F.
batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.]
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1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with
one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing
baseball, cricket, etc.
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2. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
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3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables;
batting.
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4. A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.
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5. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. --Kirwan.
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6. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang]
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7. A stroke of work. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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8. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.]
“A vast host of fowl . .
. making at full bat for the North Sea.” --Pall Mall Mag.
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9. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.]
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10. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov.
Eng.]
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Bat bolt (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt
or tang to make it hold the more firmly. --Knight.
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Bat
\Bat\, v. t. & i.
1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]
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Bat
\Bat\, n. [Siamese.]
Same as
Tical, n., 1.
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