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Noun batting has 2 senses
- batting - (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
--1 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
- batting, batten - stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
--2 is a kind of stuffing
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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