bat

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

club

stick

cudgel

racket

flying fox

truncheon

bludgeon

racquet

hit

chiropteran

staff

flutter

beat

baton

at-bat

shillelagh

squash racket

squash racquet

cream

lick

billy

devil

cane

bird

🐦

drub

thrash

paddle

flap

play

clobber

cricket bat

fruit bat

war club

lathi

ghost

👻

pound

💷

ram

🐏

rap

rod

rubble

saddle

shift

shillalah

shoot

slam

slap

slog

slug

small

smite

stamp out

strike

swing

top

🔝

turn

twitch

whip

whop

wink

😉

worst

lacrosse stick

nictate

long-eared

stike

noctule

night bird

thump out

microbat

black flying fox

broken brick

clay plug

closer brick

rearmouse

crushed brick

plug of clay

lead wedge

Atut mask

lead bat

bang

baseball

⚾

bash

batsman

battery

🔋

beating

beat out

belt

blackjack

blink

bod

carom

closer

clout

dasher

defeat

dike

drive

dyke

flittermouse

glut

go

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock

mace

mallet

masturbate

mint

nail

oar

outing

packsaddle

party

🥳

pole

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bæt/

Etymology

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”).