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  1. dead bat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. dead bat: Wiktionary

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  1. dead bat: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (dead bat)

noun:  (cricket) The bat when held with a light grip such that it gives when the ball strikes it, and the ball loses momentum and falls to the ground.
verb:  (transitive, cricket) To play (the ball) with a dead bat.

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