The definition of bat is a piece of equipment usually made of wood or metal, frequently used to hit a ball in sports, or a heavy duty stick, or a hard impact.(noun)
A bat is defined as a mammal who flies with the use of wings, is active at night, eats insects and/or fruit, and can see in the dark but mostly finds its way through the use of echolocation.(noun)
An example of a bat is a small flying black animal used in decorations for Halloween.
To bat means to hit something.(verb)
See bat in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME < OE batt, cudgel (prob. < Welsh bat < IE base *bhat-, to strike) & < OFr batte, pestle < battre, batter
Origin: altered < ME bakke < Scand, as in OSwed backa
See bat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , perhaps partly of Celtic origin
Origin: and partly from Old French batte, pounding implement, flail (from batre, to beat; see batter1).
Origin: Alteration of Middle English bakke
Origin: , of Scandinavian origin.
transitive verb bat·ted, bat·ting, bats
Origin: Probably a variant of bate2.
Origin: Probably from batter, spree.
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