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Word: Bat
Speech Type: Noun
late Old English batt ‘club, stick, staff’, perhaps partly from Old French batte, from battre ‘to strike’
bat
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
Short Definition:implement for hitting ball
Examples:- a cricket bat
Word: Bat
Speech Type: Verb
bat
(of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball
Short Definition:take role of hitting ball
Examples:- Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat
hit at (someone or something) with the flat of one's hand
Short Definition:hit with flat of hand
Examples:- he batted the flies away
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