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Another word for bat

bat Synonyms

bat

n.

A club, especially one used in sports
ball bat, baseball bat, cricket bat, stick, club, racket, pole, mallet.
*A blow
hit, rap, knock; see blow 1.
A turn at batting
inning, round, trip to the plate, up, turn.

blind as a bat*

sightless, unseeing, blinded; see blind 1.

go to bat for*

intervene for, support, stand by, back up; see defend 3.

have bats in one's belfry*

be crazy, be mad, be eccentric, be peculiar, be out of one's mind, have a screw loose*; see also insane 1.

not bat an eye<strong> <em>or</em> </strong>eyelash*

not be surprised or shocked or amazed, ignore, remain unruffled, show no surprise, not turn a hair*, keep one's cool*; see also neglect 1.

(right) off the bat*

at once, without delay, instantly; see immediately.

bat Synonyms

bat

v.

strike, hit, whack, sock*; see hit 1.

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Another word for bat

noun

(Slang)

A drinking bout:

binge, brannigan, carousal, carouse, drunk, spree. (Slang) bender, booze, jag, tear¹. See drugs, restraint

verb

To open and close the eyes rapidly:

blink, nictate, nictitate, twinkle, wink. See repetition, see

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How is my little fruit bat doing?
They kept Logan's baseball gear there, and she felt the sudden need to have a bat in her hands.
De Villeneuve and Penaud constructed their winged models on different types, the former selecting the bat, the latter the bird.
" The wing of the bat bears a considerable resemblance to that of the insect, inasmuch as it consists of a delicate, semi-transparent, continuous membrane, supported in divers directions, particularly towards its anterior margin, by a system of osseous stays or stretchers which confer upon it the degree of rigidity requisite for flight.
Here, for the first time in logical literature, subject and predicate suddenly appear as terms, or extremes, with the verb of being (r6 e bat) or not being (re) 1.6 that) completely disengaged from both, but connecting them as a copula.

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