Definition: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
Usage: he was at bat when it happened; he got four hits in four at-bats
Definition: (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
Usage: it is my turn; it is still my play
Synonyms: chiropteran, bat
Definition: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Similar words: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
Definition: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Synonyms: bat
Definition: a club used for hitting a ball in various games
Similar words: club
Definition: stout stick that is larger at one end
Usage: he carried a club in self defense; he felt as if he had been hit with a club
Synonyms: cricket bat, bat
Definition: the club used in playing cricket
Usage: a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting
Similar words: cricket equipment
Definition: sports equipment used in playing cricket
Synonyms: squash racket, squash racquet, bat
Definition: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
Similar words: racket, racquet
Definition: a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
Definition: wink briefly
Usage: bat one's eyelids
Similar words: wink, blink, nictate, nictitate
Definition: briefly shut the eyes
Usage: The TV announcer never seems to blink
Synonyms: clobber, thrash, lick, drub, cream, bat
Definition: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Usage: We licked the other team on Sunday!
Similar words: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Synonyms: bat
Definition: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
Usage: bat the ball
Similar words: hit
Definition: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Usage: He hit her hard in the face
Synonyms: bat
Definition: use a bat
Usage: Who's batting?
Similar words: hit
Definition: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Usage: He hit her hard in the face
Synonyms: bat
Definition: have a turn at bat
Usage: Jones bats first, followed by Martinez
Similar words: hit
Definition: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Usage: He hit her hard in the face