Meaning of bat around | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
   intransitive
2. To have a team's first batter of the inning come to bat for a second time (after all of the others in the batting line-up have batted). (See the usage note below.)
   intransitive
3. To discuss.
   informal, transitive
4. To flit quickly from place to place.
   informal, intransitive
5. To waste time; to idle or loaf.
   informal, intransitive

Examples

“If the teams do not have the same number of players, the team with the greater number of players bats around once per inning, and the team with the smaller number of players will bat an equal number of times as the opposing team,[…].”

“[…]the Braves knocked Bunning out, batting around and scoring six runs in the fourth inning. They then scored four more runs the next inning, batting around once again against Dallas Green[…].”

“The Phillies thus batted around the lineup without a hit for the first time since July 17, 1992, a run that lasted more than 24 years, per ESPN Stats & Info. If not for the inning-ending double play, the Phillies might have even sent 10 or 11 batters to the plate without recording a single hit.”

“I think we've batted this idea around enough to take a decision.”

“You must be tired after batting around all day.”

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