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[edit] Etymology 1

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A bat (mammal).

Middle English bakke or balke, maybe from Swedish nattbakka, or Icelandic leðurblaka (“‘leather flapper’”)

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Singular
bat

Plural
bats

bat (plural bats)

  1. Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1,000 bat species in the world.
  2. (offensive) An old woman.
  3. (obsolete, slang) A low whore: so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening.

[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from bat (flying animal)

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small flying mammal

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a cricket bat

Old English batt

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Singular
bat

Plural
bats

bat (plural bats)

  1. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
  2. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
  3. (two-up): The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242.)

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derived terms

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club
turn at batting

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Infinitive
to bat

Third person singular
bats

Simple past
batted

Past participle
batted

Present participle
batting

to bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)

  1. (transitive) to hit 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
    The cat batted at the toy.

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hit
take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat

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bat

  1. a, an
    • Musu bat — A kiss.

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bat

  1. one
    • Sagar bat eta lau laranja — One apple and four oranges.

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bat

  1. third-person singular indicative present of battre (to beat).

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bat

  1. singular past tense of bitten (to please, to pray, to ask, to gratify).

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bat (plural bede)

  1. arm

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simplified

 捌 or 八

traditional

 捌 or 八

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  • IPA: [ bat˩˩ ]

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bat (POJ, traditional and simplified 捌 or 八)

  1. to know somebody; to recognize
  2. to be familiar with

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[edit] Old English

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From Germanic *baitaz. Related to Old Norse bátr, beit (Icelandic: bátur).

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bāt m. (plural bātas)

  1. boat

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bat

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bat m.

  1. whip (rod)

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Singular Plural
Nominative bat baty
Genitive bata batów
Dative batowi batom
Accusative bat baty
Instrumental batem batami
Locative bacie batach
Vocative bacie baty

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bat

  1. sink (imperative)

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[edit] Noun

bat

  1. game of whip and top
  2. bat (for ball games)
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