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Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat' he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a '''bat''' he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a ' bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
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*:As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat' colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban '''bat''' colony (in Austin). '''Bat''' watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more ' bat -viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.
(lb) An old woman.
A whore who prowls in the dusk/evening like a bat.
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language , second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242
(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
A part of a brick with one whole end.
to hit with a bat.
to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
to strike or swipe as though with a bat
to flutter: bat one's eyelashes .
Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
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English
(wikipedia bat)Etymology 1
Dialectal variant (akin to the dialectal (etyl) term (m)) of (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Travelwise: Texas love bats] [sic
Synonyms
* (flying mammal)Derived terms
* Batman * batlike * batshit * battish * batty * blind as a bat * fruit bat * have bats in the belfry * leaf-nosed bat * (little brown bat) * (brown bat) * like a bat out of hell * microbat * moonbat * vampire bat * vesper batSee also
* * * (bat) * (Chiroptera)Etymology 2
(etyl)Noun
(en noun)- (Kirwan)
Synonyms
* (two-up) kip, stick, kylie, lannetDerived terms
(derived terms) * baseball bat * batless * batman * bats * batsman * cricket batVerb
(batt)- The cat batted at the toy.
Derived terms
* bat five hundred * bat in * bat out * bat up * (verb)Hyponyms
* MyotisReferences
Etymology 3
Possibly a variant of bate.Verb
Usage notes
Most commonly used in phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.Derived terms
* bat an eye, bat an eyelash, bat an eyelidEtymology 4
From (etyl) ."batman."Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009. Cognate to (m).
Derived terms
* batmanReferences
Anagrams
* * * * English terms with multiple etymologies ----bast
English
(wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.}}
- I thought I saw Him in the Long Walk there, by the bed of Nelly Roche, tending a fallen flower with a wisp of bast .
- He had taken along a long bast rope in his sleigh, since it was the custom on longer journeys to have a spare rope in case the reins needed mending.