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Defenition of the word bat

    • Defenition of the word bat

      • A small, nocturnal, flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, which navigates by means of echolocation. It looks like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail.
      • A piece of brick cut along the narrow dimension.
      • Half a brick when it is cut across.
      • A saddle created to secure and carry goods on an animal.
      • an implement used in baseball by the batter
      • used for hitting the ball in various games
      • strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
      • a turn batting (in baseball); "he was at bat when it happened" or "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats"
      • nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
      • beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
      • wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
      • a bat used in playing cricket
      • a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
      • (baseball) a turn batting; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats"
      • a club used for hitting a ball in various games
      • wink briefly; "bat one''s eyelids"
      • strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
      • use a bat; "Who''s batting?"
      • have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
      • (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
      • the club used in playing cricket
      • wink briefly
      • beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
      • use a bat
      • have a turn at bat

    Synonyms for the word bat

      • at-bat
      • baseball bat
      • chiropteran
      • clobber
      • cream
      • cricket bat
      • drub
      • flutter
      • lick
      • lumber
      • squash racket
      • squash racquet
      • thrash

    Meronymys for the word bat

      • Chiroptera
      • grip
      • handgrip
      • handle
      • hold
      • order Chiroptera
      • wing

    Hyponyms for the word bat

      • baseball bat
      • carnivorous bat
      • fruit bat
      • lumber
      • megabat
      • microbat
      • paddle
      • switch-hit

    Hypernyms for the word bat

      • baseball equipment
      • beat
      • beat out
      • blink
      • club
      • cricket equipment
      • crush
      • eutherian
      • eutherian mammal
      • hit
      • nictate
      • nictitate
      • placental
      • placental mammal
      • play
      • racket
      • racquet
      • shell
      • trounce
      • turn
      • vanquish
      • wink

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