1. Act or skill of hitting with a bat in baseball or cricket
   "His batting improved after extra practice"
    
2. Stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fibre
   "They used batting to insulate the attic"

1. Strike (a ball in a game) with a baseball, cricket or other type of bat
   "bat the ball"
    
2. Have a turn at bat
   "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
    
3. Use a bat
   "Who's batting?"
    
4. Wink briefly
   "bat one's eyelids";
   - flutter
    
5. Deflect or refute an attack or argument
   "she batted away their objections"; "he batted down the allegations"

Derived forms: battings

Type of: blink, hit, nictate, nictitate, stuffing, wink

Encyclopedia: Batting