bat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.1.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Derived terms 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.3.2.3 Hyponyms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Article 2.2 Cardinal number 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 3.3 Anagrams 4 German 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Verb 5 Luo 5.1 Noun 6 Min Nan 6.1 Alternative spellings 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Verb 6.4 See also 7 Old English 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Descendants 8 Polish 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Declension 9 Turkish 9.1 Verb 10 Volapük 10.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: băt, IPA: /bæt/, SAMPA: /b{t/

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  Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

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.

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• Appendix: Animals
• Appendix: Collective nouns
• Bat on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
• Chiroptera on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Chiroptera

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Old English batt

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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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• (two-up): kip, stick, kylie, lannet

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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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• bat in

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• Myotis

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• Alphagram: abt
• ATB
• tab
• TBA

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[edit] Basque

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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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[edit] French

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• IPA: /ba/

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bat

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

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• Alphagram: abt
• t.a.b.

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[edit] German

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• IPA: [baːt]

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bat

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

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[edit] Luo

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bat (plural bede)

1. arm

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[edit] Min Nan

simplified	捌 or 八
traditional	捌 or 八

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• pat

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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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• trad. 認識, simpl. 认识 rènshi

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[edit] Old English

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From Germanic *baitaz. Related to Old Norse bátr, beit (Icelandic: bátur). Related to German Boot and Dutch boot.

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• IPA: /ba:t/

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bāt m. (plural bātas)

1. boat

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• English: boat

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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] Volapük

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bat

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