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- pronunciation:
- baet
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- bat around, right off the bat
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a heavy, shaped wooden or metal club used to strike the ball in baseball or cricket.
- similar words:
- stick
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| definition 2: |
any heavy wooden club.
- similar words:
- bastinado, billy, bludgeon, club, cudgel, shillelagh, stick, truncheon
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| phrase: |
right off the bat |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
bats, batting, batted |
| definition: |
to hit with a bat.
- synonyms:
- hit
- similar words:
- beat, club, flog, knock, pummel, slug, smack, smite, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack
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| related words: |
hit, stroke |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
in baseball, to take one's turn as a batter.
- similar words:
- hit
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| phrase: |
bat around |
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