Bat vs. Flittermouse

Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.

(offensive) An old woman.

A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.

A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.

(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.

(mining) 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.

A stroke of work.

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

A spree; a jollification.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

(obsolete) packsaddle

(transitive) to hit with a bat.

(intransitive) to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

(intransitive) to strike or swipe as though with a bat

Example: ‘The cat batted at the toy.’;

(transitive) to flutter: bat one's eyelashes.

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

To wink.

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.

Shale or bituminous shale.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

A stroke of work.

Rate of motion; speed.

A spree; a jollification.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

One of the Chiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Chiroptera and Vampire.

Example: ‘Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling.’;

Same as Tical, n., 1.

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball; when used with a numerical postmodifier it indicates a baseball player's performance (as a decimal) at bat; as, he batted .270 in 1993 (i.e. he got safe hits in 27 percent of his official turns at bat).

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

To wink.

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

(baseball) a turn batting;

Example: ‘he was at bat when it happened’; ‘he got 4 hits in 4 at-bats’;

a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

a bat used in playing cricket

a club used for hitting a ball in various games

strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;

Example: ‘bat the ball’;

wink briefly;

Example: ‘bat one's eyelids’;

have a turn at bat;

Example: ‘Jones bats first, followed by Martinez’;

use a bat;

Example: ‘Who's batting?’;

beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;

Example: ‘We licked the other team on Sunday!’;

an implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis

Example: ‘a cricket bat’;

a turn at playing with a bat.

a person batting, especially in cricket; a batsman

Example: ‘the team's opening bat’;

each of a pair of objects resembling table tennis bats, used by a person on the ground to guide a taxiing aircraft.

a slab on which pottery is formed, dried, or fired.

a mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs.

a woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant

Example: ‘some deranged old bat’;

(of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball

Example: ‘Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat’;

defend the interests of; support

Example: ‘she turned out to have the law batting for her’;

hit at (someone or something) with the flat of one's hand

Example: ‘he batted the flies away’;

flutter (one's eyelashes or eyelids), typically in a flirtatious manner

Example: ‘she batted her long dark eyelashes at him’;

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight.

A bat; a reremouse; flindermouse.

A bat; - called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.