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▸ noun: (derogatory) An old woman.
▸ noun: A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
▸ noun: A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
▸ noun: A player rated according to skill in batting.
▸ noun: (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
▸ noun: (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
▸ noun: A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
▸ noun: A part of a brick with one whole end.
▸ noun: A stroke; a sharp blow.
▸ noun: (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
▸ noun: (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
▸ noun: (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
▸ noun: (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
▸ noun: (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
▸ verb: (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
▸ verb: (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
▸ verb: (transitive) To flutter
▸ verb: (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
▸ verb: (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A packsaddle.
▸ noun: (UK, dialect, obsolete) A child's shoe without a welt.
▸ noun: (UK, slang, obsolete) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
▸ noun: Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”). [The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.]
▸ noun: (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”). [(West Indian slang, MLE, MTE) The buttocks or anus.]
▸ noun: (sports) Abbreviation of Bathurst. [A surname.]
▸ noun: Initialism of best available technology: a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges.
▸ noun: Initialism of brown adipose tissue. [(anatomy, physiology) One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarily serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.]
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chiropteran,
drub,
lumber,
lick,
flutter,
thrash,
clobber,
squash racket,
baseball bat,
cricket bat,
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