bat
Speech parts
1. bat - Noun
2. bat - Verb
3. Bat - Proper noun
Meaning
A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
Shale or bituminous shale.
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.
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For years I asked God to do something about my noisy neighbor with the barking dog, Joe Pesci straightened that cocksucker out with one visit. It's amazing what you can accomplish with a simple baseball bat.
Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
You cannot be a mouse and a bat at the same time.
No matter how big the butterfly may be, it cannot be called a bat.
More observant than a bat.