bat
Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous…Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
» That's a bat, not a bird.
Це кажан, а не птах.
Meaning
19 sensesAny flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
Fledermaus
лету́чая мышьletúčaja myšʹ, нетопы́рьnetopýrʹ, кожа́нkožán
кажа́нkažán, летю́ча ми́шаletjúča mýša
(derogatory)An old woman.
A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
the club used in playing cricket
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
Schläger, Keule
би́таbíta, бита́bitá
би́таbýta
a club used for hitting a ball in various games
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
A player rated according to skill in batting.
He's a good fielder and a valuable bat.
The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
Shale or bituminous shale.
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
A part of a brick with one whole end.
A stroke; a sharp blow.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)A stroke of work.
Examples
410 sentencesThat's a bat, not a bird.
Це кажан, а не птах.
Tom is as blind as a bat.
Том сліпий як кріт.
ruТом слеп как крот.
Why are you carrying a baseball bat?
Чому ти з бейсбольної битою?
deWarum trägst du einen Baseballschläger?
Tom had a baseball bat in his hands.
Том у руках мав бейсбольну біту.
ruУ Тома в руках была бейсбольная бита.
That's not my baseball bat.
То не моя бейсбольна бита.
deDas ist nicht mein Baseballschläger.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Dialectal variant of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin (akin to dialecDialectal variant of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta). Perhaps compare Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”). Compare also Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ.
From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (“club, cudgel”) and modern Breton bazh (“swagger stick”), ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to strike, beat, pierce”), similar to the Gaulish source of Latin battuō (“to beat, pound”).
Borrowed from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of *bastāre (“to carry”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, carry”). Doublet of baton and baston.
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Forms
plural: batsSynonyms
17 synonyms- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit:at-bat
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate:chiropteran
- the club used in playing cricket:cricket bat
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash:squash racketsquash racquet