Need another word that means the same as “bat”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “bat” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Bat” are: at-bat, chiropteran, cricket bat, squash racket, squash racquet, truncheon, club, cudgel, bludgeon, stick, mace, flutter, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bat” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| at-bat | A turn trying to get a hit. |
| bludgeon | A club used as a weapon. Maces and spiked bludgeons. |
| chiropteran | Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate. |
| club | A building that is occupied by a social club. He joined a golf club. |
| cricket bat | A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs. |
| cudgel | A short, thick stick used as a weapon. |
| mace | An official who carries a mace of office. |
| squash racket | A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. |
| squash racquet | A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. |
| stick | In field hockey the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder. He collected dry sticks for a campfire. |
| truncheon | A staff or baton acting as a symbol of authority, especially that used by the Earl Marshal. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bat” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| clobber | Strike violently and repeatedly. If he does that I ll clobber him. |
| cream | Put on cream as on one s face or body. Madge was creaming her face in front of the mirror. |
| drub | Hit or beat (someone) repeatedly. He was drubbed with tiresome regularity by his classmates. |
| flutter | Beat rapidly. Mavis fluttered about nervously. |
| lick | Pass the tongue over. The flames licked around the wood. |
| thrash | Give a thrashing to beat hard. I thrashed Pete at cards. |
| badminton | A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net. |
| baseball | A ball used in playing baseball. He played baseball in high school. |
| beat | Beat through cleverness and wit. Her heart was beating fast. |
| belabor | To work at or to absurd length. She was belabored by her fellow students. |
| bowler | A player who rolls balls down an alley at pins. |
| clawed | (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons. Scaly creatures with beaks and clawed feet. |
| cricket | Used in names of insects of related families e g bush cricket mole cricket. |
| dextrous | Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands. |
| fingernail | The nail at the end of a finger. |
| flail | A device similar to a flail used as a weapon or for flogging. The modern practice of flailing hedges every year with mechanical cutters. |
| game | Games the score at a particular point or the score needed to win. Buy your games and software from us. |
| hand | A prehensile organ resembling the hand and forming the end part of a limb of various mammals such as that on all four limbs of a monkey. They played a hand of whist. |
| hockey | A team game played between two teams of eleven players each using hooked sticks with which the players try to drive a small hard ball towards goals at opposite ends of a field In North America it is called field hockey to distinguish it from ice hockey. |
| inning | One of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat. |
| lambaste | Censure severely or angrily. |
| lick | An act of licking something with the tongue. She stands tall and could lick any man in the place. |
| onslaught | An overwhelmingly large number of people or things. In some parks the onslaught of cars and people far exceeds capacity. |
| paw | Of an animal feel or scrape with a paw or hoof. The man tried to paw her. |
| percussion | The act of playing a percussion instrument. Percussion instruments. |
| player | An actor. He was a major player in setting up the corporation. |
| pushing | The act of applying force in order to move something away. The pushing is good exercise. |
| quilted | Made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching. A blue quilted jacket. |
| slam | Dance the slam dance. They will provide compensation in cases where it can be shown that the customer had been slammed. |
| slap | A sound made or as if made by a slap. The impatient teacher slapped the student. |
| soccer | A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal. |
| thrash | A violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing. The thrash of the waves. |
| throw | An act of throwing one s opponent in wrestling judo or a similar sport. This decision represents something of a final throw. |
| toss | The action of tossing a coin as a method of deciding which team has the right to make a particular decision at the beginning of a game. Toss me newspaper. |
| whip | Strike as if by whipping. He whipped round to face them. |
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