Bat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bat	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Bat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bat n nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate Synonym(s): bat, chiropteran (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" Synonym(s): bat, at-bat a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash Synonym(s): squash racket, squash racquet, bat the club used in playing cricket; "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting" Synonym(s): cricket bat, bat a club used for hitting a ball in various games v strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball" wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" Synonym(s): bat, flutter have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez" use a bat; "Who's batting?" beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" Synonym(s): cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bat \Bat\, v. t. & i. 1. To bate or flutter, as a hawk. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. To wink. [Local, U. S. & Prov Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bat \Bat\, n. 1. In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket. 2. A stroke; a sharp blow. [Colloq. or Slang] 3. A stroke of work. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 4. Rate of motion; speed. [Colloq.] [bd]A vast host of fowl . . . making at full bat for the North Sea.[b8] --Pall Mall Mag. 5. A spree; a jollification. [Slang, U. S.] 6. Manner; rate; condition; state of health. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bat \Bat\, n. [OE. batte, botte, AS. batt; perhaps fr. the Celtic; cf. Ir. bat, bata, stick, staff; but cf. also F. batte a beater (thing), wooden sword, battre to beat.] 1. 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. 2. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale. --Kirwan. 3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting. 4. A part of a brick with one whole end. {Bat bolt} (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bat \Bat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Batted} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Batting}.] To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bat \Bat\, v. i. To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bat \Bat\, n. [Corrupt. from OE. back, backe, balke; cf. Dan. aften-bakke (aften evening), Sw. natt-backa (natt night), Icel. le[edh]r-blaka (le[edh]r leather), Icel. blaka to flutter.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}. {Bat tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus {Nycteribia}, parasitic on bats.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bat The Hebrew word (atalleph') so rendered (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18) implies "flying in the dark." The bat is reckoned among the birds in the list of unclean animals. To cast idols to the "moles and to the bats" means to carry them into dark caverns or desolate places to which these animals resort (Isa. 2:20), i.e., to consign them to desolation or ruin.