bat

Noun

• a club used for hitting a ball in various games

• the club used in playing cricket
  • a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting
    

• a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

• (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
  • he was at bat when it happened
    
  • he got four hits in four at-bats
    

• nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

Verb

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
  • We licked the other team on Sunday!
    

• use a bat
  • Who's batting?
    

• have a turn at bat
  • Jones bats first, followed by Martinez
    

• wink briefly
  • bat one's eyelids
    

• strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
  • bat the ball
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cricket bat , squash racket , squash racquet , at-bat , chiropteran , cream , clobber , drub , thrash , lick , flutter