bat

noun22

1. •
   Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
2. •
   a strong stick of wood or metal that players swing at the ball in baseball and some other sports
3. •
   A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
4. •
   (offensive) An old woman.

   • "Isn't it lovely?" I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat! — 2000
5. •
   A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.

   • You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
6. •
   A player rated according to skill in batting.

   • He's a good fielder and a valuable bat.
7. •
   A stroke; a sharp blow.
8. •
   (slang) Clipping of battery.

   • All these things must sell... […] * Motorola Cell phone bat/case/no contract — 1997
9. •
   A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
10. •
    (Caribbean, slang) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
11. •
    (old-fashioned) Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).
12. •
    A part of a brick with one whole end.
13. •
    A rough walking stick.

    • So slides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat; / And comely distant sits he by her side, […] — 1609
14. •
    The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
15. •
    Shale or bituminous shale.

    • bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat — 1799
16. •
    (slang, old-fashioned) A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
17. •
    (informal) Rate of motion; speed.

    • On starting, The Nun led at a very slow pace for a quarter of a mile, when the Shrigley colt made running at a good bat. — 1842
18. •
    (dialect, UK) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
19. •
    (dialect, UK) A stroke of work.
20. •
    (dialect, no longer used) A child's shoe without a welt.
21. •
    (slang, no longer used) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
22. •
    (no longer used) A packsaddle.

verb7

1. •
   To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.

   • He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
   • We batted a few ideas around.
2. •
   To strike or swipe as though with a bat.

   • The cat batted at the toy.
3. •
   To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
4. •
   To flutter
5. •
   To flit quickly from place to place.

   • I’ve spent all week batting around the country.
6. •
   (dialect, US) To wink.
7. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

noun3

1. •
   One or more of the Chinese technology companies Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent.
2. •
   Initialism of best available technology: a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges.
3. •
   Initialism of brown adipose tissue.