Meaning of Bat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A packsaddle.
   obsolete
2. Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).
   alt-of, dated
3. Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
   Caribbean, Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
4. A child's shoe without a welt.
   UK, dialectal, obsolete
5. Clipping of battery.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
6. Abbreviation of Bathurst.
   abbreviation, alt-of
7. Initialism of best available technology: a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
8. Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
9. A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
10. A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
    UK, obsolete, slang
11. Initialism of brown adipose tissue.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
12. An old woman.
    derogatory
13. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
14. One or more of the Chinese technology companies Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent.
    China, countable, uncountable
15. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
16. A player rated according to skill in batting.
17. The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
18. Shale or bituminous shale.
19. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
20. A part of a brick with one whole end.
21. A stroke; a sharp blow.
22. A stroke of work.
    Scotland, UK, dialectal
23. Rate of motion; speed.
    informal
24. A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
    US, dated, slang
25. Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
    Scotland, UK, dialectal
26. A rough walking stick.
    Kent

Equivalents

Examples

“The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.”

“As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.”

“"Isn't it lovely?" I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat!”

“You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?”

“He's a good fielder and a valuable bat.”

“bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat”

“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.”

“a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea.”

“So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […]”

“The retailer who sells a little girl a pretty pair of shoes today instead of a pair of bats, is bound to sell that girl, when she grows up, a pair of stylish $3 or $4 shoes instead of her buying a pair of $1.98 bargain bats elsewhere.”

“All these things must sell... […] * Motorola Cell phone bat/case/no contract”

“[T]he razor was allways^([sic]) planed^([sic]) to be a thinner PalmIII with Li-Ion bat and a better LCD (i.e. less glare and more contrast)... […] You can replace it in the same way than^([sic]) the Cell Phone bat's...very easy !!!”

“where is cheapest place to buy laptop batt?”

“1 toshiba^([sic]) t2450ct laptop bat does not work but fine on power supply.”

“I am looking for dead battery packs for the IBM 700 series.”

“The retail for my laptop bat in Wpg was around $300 and I got it for around $125 canadian.^([sic])”

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