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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals , Sport batbat1 /bæt/ ●くろまる●くろまる●くろまる S3 noun [countable] 1 HBAa small animal like a mouse with wings that flies around at night → fruit bat 2 Image of bat a) DSa long wooden stick with a special shape that is used in some sports and games a baseball bat a cricket bat b) British English a round flat piece of wood with a handle, used to hit a ball in table tennis SYN paddle American English3 → be at bat 4 → do something off your own bat 5 → do something right off the bat 6 → like a bat out of hell 7 → old bat → as blind as a bat1 Examples from the Corpusbat• The tunnel is a place only a bat could love.• Noctuid moths are eaten by bats, and have evolved a special pair of ears to warn them of approaching danger.• Our classmates tested five bats from K. C. Slammer.• Upon being blocked off from the courtyard, the bat would soon have led him to freedom.• This is tested by gagging the bats before releasing them.• Felt queasy after, but swung the bat okay and then came back to the hotel, which is small but clean. Related topics: Cricket , Baseball batbat2 verb (batted, batting) 1 [intransitive, transitive]DSCDSB to hit the ball with a bat in cricket or baseball 2 → not bat an eye/eyelid 3 → bat your eyes/eyelashes 4 → go to bat for somebody 5 → be batting a thousand → bat something ↔ around → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusbat• He batted 205 minutes in the second innings, making 65 not out.• I noticed that she blinked a lot and, at times, seemed to be trying to bat away the dust.• In a tight match at Christleton visitors Oakmere batted first and set a total of 165 for five, Paul Matthews 66.• Laxman batted for 12 hours in two innings over three days here, and naturally was man of the match.• After the hearing you return to the gallery to bat out a quick story.Origin bat1 1. (1500-1600) back "bat" ((14-16 centuries)), probably from a Scandinavian language. 2. Old English batt bat2 1. (1400-1500) → BAT12 2. (1800-1900) Probably from bate "to beat the wings" ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French batre "to hit"
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Verb table
bat
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they bat
he, she, it bats
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they batted
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have batted
he, she, it has batted
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had batted
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will bat
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have batted
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Continuous Form
Present
I am batting
he, she, it is batting
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you, we, they are batting
Past
I, he, she, it was batting
you, we, they were batting
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been batting
he, she, it has been batting
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been batting
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be batting
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been batting
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