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Noun bat has 5 senses
- bat, chiropteran - nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
--1 is a kind of placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
--1 is a member of Chiroptera, order Chiroptera
--1 has parts: wing
--1 has particulars: fruit bat, megabat; carnivorous bat, microbat
- bat, at-bat - (baseball) a turn batting; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats"
--2 is a kind of turn, play
- squash racket, squash racquet, bat - a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
--3 is a kind of racket, racquet
- cricket bat, bat - a bat used in playing cricket
--4 is a kind of cricket equipment
--4 has parts: handle, grip, handgrip, hold
- bat - a club used for hitting a ball in various games
--5 is a kind of club
--5 has particulars: baseball bat, lumber; paddle
Verb bat has 5 senses
- bat - strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
--1 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- bat, flutter - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
--2 is one way to blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- bat - have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
--3 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- bat - use a bat; "Who's batting?"
--4 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick - beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
--5 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to bat his opponent
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