bat

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To flutter
2. (UK, US, dialectal) To wink.
3. (intransitive, usually) To flit quickly from place to place.

Konzepte

Fledermaus

Schläger

Keule

Schlagholz

Schlagstock

Nachtvogel

Baseballschläger

Brennplatte

Waldfledermaus

Kricketschläger

Pritsche

Schlagkeule

Synonyme

club

stick

cudgel

racket

flying fox

truncheon

racquet

hit

bludgeon

chiropteran

flutter

staff

ghost

👻

devil

clobber

lick

at-bat

lathi

cricket bat

squash racket

war club

squash racquet

thrash

baton

cream

bird

🐦

fruit bat

cane

shillelagh

flap

play

drub

paddle

beat

billy

drive

dike

blink

defeat

blackjack

battery

🔋

dasher

nail

mint

masturbate

batsman

baseball

⚾

mallet

mace

clout

Übersetzungen

chauve-souris

🦇

murciélago

🦇

pipistrello

🦇

vleermuis

🦇

morcego

🦇

νυχτερίδα

yarasa

🦇

muricec

🦇

vespertilio

🦇

batte

خفاش

🦇

ρόπαλο

ratapenada

şevrevînk

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/bæt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: natt-batta

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: bakke

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: bat

Geerbt von Altenglisch: batt

Verwandt mit Old Breton: bath

Verwandt mit Bretonisch: bazh

Verwandt mit Latein: battuo

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: baten

In summary

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