bat

(Английский)

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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/bæt/

Этимология (Английский)

Родственно шведский: natt-batta

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: bakke

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: bat

Унаследовано от староанглийский: batt

Родственно Old Breton: bath

Родственно бретонский: bazh

Родственно латинский: battuo

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: 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.

Синонимы

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

Переводы

chauve-souris

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murciélago

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Fledermaus

pipistrello

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vleermuis

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morcego

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νυχτερίδα

nietoperz

yarasa

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muricec

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vespertilio

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batte

خفاش

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Schläger

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