Bat | Mean of bat in English Dictionary

/ˈbæt/

• Noun
• a long rounded stick that is used to hit the ball in baseball
1. a baseball bat
• a long flattened stick that is used to hit the ball in cricket
• the act of batting
1. She has two hits in three at bats.

• to be the player or team that is batting
1. The visiting team goes to bat first. [=the visiting team bats first]
• to try to help, support, or defend (someone or something) in an active way
1. Many of his friends went to bat for him while he was under investigation for fraud.
• without any delay
1. I could tell it was fake right off the bat. [=right away]
• through your own efforts
1. He didn't need my help—he made good off his own bat.
• Verb
• to hit (something, such as a ball) with a bat, club, etc., or with your hand
1. The ball was batted down.
2. a batted ball [=a ball that has been hit by a batter in baseball]
• to try to hit a ball with a bat in baseball, cricket, or a similar game
1. It's your turn to bat.
2. She was batting when it began to rain.
3. Who's batting? = Who's up to bat?
• to have a specified batting average
1. This year he's batting [=hitting] .300. [=his batting average is .300]
2. She has five hits in five at bats, so she's batting a thousand. [=her batting average is 1.000]
3. So far in her career, she's batting a thousand. [=she has succeeded in everything she has done in her career]
4. No one bats a thousand in this business.
• to think about or talk about (something, such as an idea) for a period of time
1. The plan was batted around for a while, but it was finally rejected.
2. We've been batting the idea around for a few years.
• to hit the ball in a way that makes it possible for a run to score
1. He batted in 70 runs last year.
• Noun
• an animal that has wings and a furry body like a mouse
• an unpleasant old woman
1. Don't take any notice of that old bat!
• very quickly
1. He ran out of the house like a bat out of hell.
• Verb
• to close and open (your eyes or eyelashes) very quickly several times especially as a way of flirting
1. She smiled and batted her eyelashes at him.
• to show no surprise, fear, concern, etc.
1. He thought the news would make her upset, but she never batted an eye. [=she did not appear to be upset at all]
2. He listened without batting an eyelash.