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bat | pigeon |

In transitive terms the difference between bat and pigeon

is that bat is to flutter: bat one's eyelashes while pigeon is to deceive with a confidence game.

As an acronym BAT

is best available technology; a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges.

bat

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)
  • Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.
  • *
  • *: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.
  • *2012 , Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats] [sic
  • *: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.
    • 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 bat
    See also
    * * * (bat) * (Chiroptera)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • (Kirwan)
  • A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
  • A part of a brick with one whole end.
    • Synonyms
    * (two-up) kip, stick, kylie, lannet
    Derived terms
    (derived terms) * baseball bat * batless * batman * bats * batsman * cricket bat

    Verb

    (batt)
  • 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
    • The cat batted at the toy.
    Derived terms
    * bat five hundred * bat in * bat out * bat up * (verb)
    Hyponyms
    * Myotis

    References

    Etymology 3

    Possibly a variant of bate.

    Verb

  • to flutter: bat one's eyelashes .
    • Usage notes
    Most commonly used in phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.
    Derived terms
    * bat an eye, bat an eyelash, bat an eyelid

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) . "batman." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009. Cognate to (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) packsaddle
    • Derived terms
    * batman

    References

    Anagrams

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    pigeon

    English

    (wikipedia pigeon)

    Alternative forms

    * pidgeon (chiefly archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
  • (slang) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

    • Synonyms

    * (bird) columbid (Columbidae), columbiform (Columbiformes), culver, dove * (person who is a target or victim of a confidence game) dupe, fish, mark, mug, sucker, rube, stiff

    Derived terms

    * (Afep pigeon) (Columba unicincta ) * African owl pigeon () * (African green pigeon) (Treron calvus ) * (African olive pigeon) * (American pigeon) (Patagioenas ) * Arabian trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * archangel pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * baby pigeon * (band-tailed pigeon) (Patagioenas fasciata ) * barb pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Barbary pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (bare-eyed mountain pigeon) * (bare-eyed pigeon) * (Beretta silver pigeon) * (Bismarck imperial pigeon) * (black imperial pigeon) * Bokhara trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (vern, Bolle's pigeon) (Columba bollii ) * (Bresse pigeon) * (flock bronzewing pigeon) (Phaps histrionica''), (flock bronzewing) (''Phaps histrionica ) * (brown pigeon) (Macropygia phasianella ) * carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * carneau pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Chilean pigeon) (Patagioenas araucana ) * Chinese owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * city pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * clay pigeon * cock pigeon * color pigeon, colour pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Comoros green pigeon) () * crescent pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (crested pigeon) (Ocyphaps lophotes ) * crop pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * cropper pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * crowned pigeon (Goura ) * (vern, Delegorgue's pigeon) (Columba delegorguei ) * domestic pigeon, (Columba livia domestica''), Domestic Pigeon ('' ) * dovecot pigeon, dovecote pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Dresden trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Eastern bronze-naped pigeon) (Columba delegorguei ) * English trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * English owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fancy pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * female pigeon * feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * field pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fire pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (flock pigeon) (Phaps histrionica ) * form pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * frillback pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fruit pigeon, (fruit-pigeon) * future pigeon * gimpel pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * green pigeon (Treron ) * helmet pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * hen pigeon * highflyer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (hill pigeon) (Columba rupestris ) * homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * homing pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * ice pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (imperial pigeon) (Ducula ) * Indian fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * jacobin pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * John Silver (war pigeon) * king pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Komorner tumbler pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Madagascar green pigeon), (Madagascan green pigeon) (Treron australis ) * (Micronesian imperial pigeon) (Ducula oceanica ) * (Micronesian pigeon) (Ducula oceanica ) * Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon * (Moluccan rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula basilica ) * Lahore pigeon (Columba livia domestica''), Lahore pigeon (''Columba livia domestica ) * (laurel pigeon) (Columba junoniae ) * male pigeon * (New Guinea bronzewing) (Henicophaps albifrons''), New Guinea Bronzewing Pigeon (''Henicophaps albifrons ) * nun pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Old English carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * oriental frill pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (pale-vented pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis ) * passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius ) * peak-crested pigeon * pheasant pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (pheasant pigeon) (Otidiphaps nobilis ) * (Picazuro pigeon) (Patagioenas picazuro ) * pigeon band * pigeon banding * pigeon blue * pigeon breast * pigeon-breasted * pigeon breed * pigeon breeder * pigeon breeding * pigeon bug * pigeon-chested * pigeon clock * pigeon cot * pigeon cote * pigeon crop * pigeon defence * pigeon defense * pigeon dirt * pigeon disease * pigeon drop * pigeon droppings * pigeon egg * pigeon English (archaic) * pigeon fancier, pigeon-fancier * pigeon fancy * pigeon fancying * pigeon feather * pigeon feed * pigeon feeder * pigeon feeding * pigeon flute * pigeon guillemot * (pigeon hawk) (Falco columbarius ) * pigeon house * pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, pigeon hole * pigeonholing, pigeon-holing * pigeon hunt * pigeon hunter * pigeon hunting * pigeon journal * pigeon keeper * pigeon keeping * pigeon loft * pigeon lung * pigeon magazine * pigeon milk * pigeon's milk * pigeon pair * pigeon pie * pigeon plumage * pigeon post * pigeon shoot * pigeon squab * pigeon racer * pigeon racing * pigeon ring * pigeon whistle * pigeon wing * pigeon young * (pink pigeon) (), formerly (Nesoenas mayeri ) * plain-headed pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (plain pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata ) * (plumbeous pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata ) * (pouter pigeon), (powter pigeon) (Columba livia ) * put the cat among the pigeons * racing homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * racing pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * ringbeater pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * rock pigeon (Columba livia ) * roller pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (ruddy pigeon) (Patagioenas subvinacea ) * (rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula rufigaster ) * (rufous pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis ) * runt pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Saxon field pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * scandaroon pigeon (Columba livia domestica''), Scandaroon pigeon (''Columba livia domestica ) * shell-crested pigeon * silver pigeon * Silver pigeon * silvery pigeon * snow pigeon * Somali pigeon * (somber pigeon), (sombre pigeon) (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa ) * stock pigeon (Columba oenas ) * stool pigeon * (strasser pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (structure pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (Sumatran green pigeon) * (vern, Temminck's fruit pigeon) (Ptilinopus porphyreus ) * (Thuringian field pigeon) (Columba livia ) * topknot pigeon * (Torres Strait pigeon) (Ducula bicolor ) * (Trocaz pigeon) * trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia ) * (tumbler pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (turbit pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (turbiteen pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (Victoria crowned pigeon), (Goura victoria ) * war pigeon * (wattle pigeon), (wattled pigeon) (Columba livia ) * white-collared pigeon * (white-crowned pigeon) (Patagioenas leucocephala ) * wild pigeon * (wild pigeon) (Ectopistes migratorius ) * (Wompoo pigeon) (Ptilinopus magnificus ) * (Wonga pigeon) (Leucosarcia melanoleuca ) * woodpigeon, wood-pigeon, wood pigeon (Columba palumbus'' or Homiphaga Novaeseelandiae ) * young pigeon

    See also

    * piper * squab * squeaker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to deceive with a confidence game
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