Another word for bat
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Noun
A drinking bout
- To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
- To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident:
- To lacerate (the skin, for example).
- A sharp projection; a barb.
- A hanging flap along the edge of a garment.
- A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color.
- Hard liquor.
- An alcoholic beverage.
- A drinking spree.
- One that bends:
- A spree, especially a drinking spree.
- A sudden indulgence in or outburst of an activity:
- A carefree, lively outing.
- Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties.
- Caused or influenced by intoxication.
- Overcome by strong feeling or emotion:
- To drink large amounts of alcohol, especially in boisterous merrymaking.
- Carousal.
- A riotous drinking party.
- Boisterous drunken merrymaking or revelry.
- A noisy or confused quarrel.
- A drinking spree; a binge.
- A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence, especially in food or drink.
- To be immoderately self-indulgent and unrestrained, especially in food or drink.
Verb
To open and close the eyes rapidly
- To close and open the eyelid of one eye deliberately, as to convey a message, signal, or suggestion.
- To close and open the eyelids of both eyes; blink.
- To shine fitfully; twinkle:
- To shine with slight, intermittent gleams, as distant lights or stars; flicker; glimmer.
- To be bright or sparkling, as with merriment or delight:
- To blink or wink the eyes.
- To wink.
- To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly.
- To look in astonishment or disbelief, typically with the eyes blinking:
- To look through half-closed eyes, as in a bright glare; squint:
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Another word for bat
Noun
A club, especially one used in sports
*A blow
- To strike with a hard blow:
- To affect in a specified way by striking hard:
- To cause to be displaced or unengaged; force:
- To hit sharply and swiftly; strike:
- To utter sharply:
- To criticize or blame.
- To come into contact with forcefully; strike:
- To cause to come into contact:
- To deal a blow to:
See also:A turn at batting
- To cause to move around an axis or center; cause to rotate or revolve:
- To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
- To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
- In or to a higher position:
- In a direction opposite to the center of the earth or a comparable gravitational center:
- In or to an upright position:
- Being such that every part of the surface or the circumference is equidistant from the center:
- Moving in or forming a circle.
- Shaped like a cylinder; cylindrical.
- One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.
- The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.
- An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment.
Verb
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- A short stocking reaching a point between the ankle and the knee.
- A windsock.
- A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.
- To strike (someone or something) with a sharp blow; slap.
- To kill deliberately; murder.
- To deal a sharp, resounding blow.
- To come into contact with forcefully; strike:
- To cause to come into contact:
- To deal a blow to:
- To hit sharply, as with a hand, fist, weapon, or implement:
- To inflict (a blow).
- To penetrate or pierce:
See also:
Idioms:
go to bat for
have-bats-in-one-s-belfry
not bat an eye or eyelash
(right) off the bat
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