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What does bat mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bat? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.
  2. (derogatory) An old woman.
Noun
  1. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
  2. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
  3. (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.[1]
  4. (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
  5. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
  6. A part of a brick with one whole end.
  7. A stroke; a sharp blow.
  8. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A stroke of work.
  9. (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
  10. (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
  11. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
  2. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
  3. (intransitive) to strike or swipe as though with a bat
Verb
  1. (transitive) To flutter
  2. (US, Britain, dialectal) To wink.
  3. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
  4. (intransitive, usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
Noun
  1. (obsolete) A packsaddle.
Noun
  1. Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).
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