bat

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Fledermaus

Schläger

Keule

Schlagholz

Kricketschläger

Pritsche

Schlagkeule

Brennplatte

Nachtvogel

Waldfledermaus

Baseballschläger

Schlagstock

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/bæt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).