Meaning

2 senses
  1. An opportunity to hit.

    This is his third at-bat of the night.

    (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit

  2. Official at-bats; batting opportunities minus walks, hit by pitches, and sacrifices.

    He only had 220 at-bats this season because of injury.

Forms

plural: at-bats
Singularat-bat
Pluralat-bats

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit:bat

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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