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      noun
      Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
      A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
      A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
      A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
      A player rated according to skill in batting.
      (derogatory) An old woman.
      (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
      (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
      (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
      (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
      A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
      A part of a brick with one whole end.
      A stroke; a sharp blow.
      (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
      (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
      (China, technology) One or more of the Chinese technology companies Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent.
      (slang) Clipping of battery. [(electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.]
      (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”). [(West Indian slang, MLE, MTE) The buttocks or anus.]
      Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”). [The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.]
      Initialism of best available technology: a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges.
      Initialism of brown adipose tissue. [(anatomy, physiology) One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.]
      (sports) Abbreviation of Bathurst. [A surname.]
      (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
      (obsolete) A packsaddle.
      (UK, dialect, obsolete) A child's shoe without a welt.
      (UK, slang, obsolete) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
      verb
      (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
      (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
      (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
      (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
      (transitive) To flutter
      (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
      (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
      Synonyms for bat
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