Racquet vs. Bat

Racquetnoun

An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis, or a shuttlecock in badminton.

Batnoun

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

Racquetverb

To hit with a racquet.

Batnoun

(offensive) An old woman.

Racquetverb

To play a game that involves using a racquet.

Batnoun

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

Racquetverb

To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.

Batnoun

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

Racquetverb

To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.

Batnoun

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

Racquetnoun

See Racket.

Batnoun

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

Racquetnoun

a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

A part of a brick with one whole end.

Batnoun

A stroke; a sharp blow.

Batnoun

A stroke of work.

Batnoun

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

Batnoun

A spree; a jollification.

Batnoun

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Batnoun

(obsolete) packsaddle

Batverb

(transitive) to hit with a bat.

Batverb

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

Batverb

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

‘The cat batted at the toy.’;

Batverb

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

Batverb

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Batverb

To wink.

Batnoun

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.

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

Shale or bituminous shale.

Batnoun

A stroke; a sharp blow.

Batnoun

A stroke of work.

Batnoun

Rate of motion; speed.

Batnoun

A spree; a jollification.

Batnoun

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Batnoun

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.

‘Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling.’;

Batnoun

Same as Tical, n., 1.

Batverb

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

Batverb

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).

Batverb

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Batverb

To wink.

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

(baseball) a turn batting;

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

Batnoun

a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

Batnoun

a bat used in playing cricket

Batnoun

a club used for hitting a ball in various games

Batverb

strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;

‘bat the ball’;

Batverb

wink briefly;

‘bat one's eyelids’;

Batverb

have a turn at bat;

‘Jones bats first, followed by Martinez’;

Batverb

use a bat;

‘Who's batting?’;

Batverb

beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;

‘We licked the other team on Sunday!’;

Batnoun

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

‘a cricket bat’;

Batnoun

a turn at playing with a bat.

Batnoun

a person batting, especially in cricket; a batsman

‘the team's opening bat’;

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

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

Batnoun

a woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant

‘some deranged old bat’;

Batverb

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

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

Batverb

defend the interests of; support

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

Batverb

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

‘he batted the flies away’;

Batverb

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

‘she batted her long dark eyelashes at him’;

Bat

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