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1. (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
    
2. Stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fibre
   - batten

1. Strike (a ball in a game) with a baseball, cricket or other type of bat
   "bat the ball"
    
2. Wink briefly
   "bat one's eyelids";
   - flutter
    
3. Have a turn at bat
   "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
    
4. Use a bat
   "Who's batting?"
    
5. Deflect or refute an attack or argument
   "he batted down the allegations"; "she batted away their objections"
    
6. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   "We batted the other team on Sunday!";
   - cream [informal], clobber [informal], drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], wipe the floor [informal], paste [informal], beat hollow [informal], whale [N. Amer, informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], muller [Brit, informal], blow away [informal], slaughter [informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], trounce

Derived forms: battings

Type of: attempt, beat, beat out, blink, crush, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], hit, nictate, nictitate, shell, stuffing, trounce, try, vanquish, wink

Encyclopedia: Batting