bat

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
2. An old woman.

Verb

1. To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
2. To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
3. To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
4. (obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Verb

1. To flutter
2. To wink.
3. To flit quickly from place to place.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/bæt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”).
Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ (literally “night-flapper”).