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noun
- Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1.000 bat species in the world.
- (context, offensive) An old woman.
- (1811) A low whore: so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening.
Translations: - Dutch: vleermuis(nl)f
- French: chauve-souris(fr)f
- German: Fledermaus(de)f
- Italian: pipistrello(it)m
- Spanish: murciélago(es)m
verb (bats, batting, batted)
- (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
- The cat batted at the toy.
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