'bat' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'bat' with 13 example sentences.
- bat noun
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: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
: (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
: the club used in playing cricket
: a club used for hitting a ball in various games
- bat verb
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: strike with, or as if with a baseball bat
: wink briefly
: have a turn at bat
: use a bat
: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
This cave is full of bats.
Why are you carrying a baseball bat?
I knew right off the bat that something was wrong.
Without his glasses, he is as blind as a bat.
She attacked him with a baseball bat.
She didn't bat an eyelid.
She handed a baseball bat to him.
You need a bat, a ball and gloves to play baseball.
The bat flees the light.
We hit it off right off the bat.
This night belongs to the fireflies and the bats—and the werewolves.
She can tell the most outrageous lie without batting an eye.
A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly.