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Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
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An old woman.
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A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
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A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
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You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
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The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
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Shale or bituminous shale.
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A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
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A part of a brick with one whole end.
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A stroke; a sharp blow.
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A stroke of work.
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Rate of motion; speed.
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A spree; a jollification.
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Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
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To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
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He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
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To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
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To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
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The cat batted at the toy.
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To flutter
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bat one's eyelashes
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To wink.
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To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
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(usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
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I've spent all week batting around the country.
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A packsaddle.
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Mad, insane.
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You must be bats to go out in the cold without a coat on.
Examples of bats in a Sentence
Bats are social, nocturnal and they migrate to a warmer climate, or hibernate.
But in 1681 Gerard Blasius had brought out at Amsterdam an Anatome Animalium, containing the results of all the dissections of animals that he could find; and the second part of this book, treating of Volatilia, makes a respectable show of more than one hundred and twenty closely-printed quarto pages, though nearly two-thirds is devoted to a treatise De Ovo et Pullo, containing among other things a reprint of Harvey's researches, and the scientific rank of the whole book may be inferred from bats being still classed with birds.
When she starts with her screaming tantrums it gets close to the point where only dogs and bats can hear her!
The third tractatus of this volume deals with birds - including among them bats, bees and other flying creatures; but as it is the first printed book in which figures of birds are introduced it merits notice, though most of the illustrations, which are rude woodcuts, fail, even in the coloured copies, to give any precise indication of the species intended to be represented.
The prevalence of rabies in bats in the UK may well be on the increase.
Besides the dog and the pig, which (with the domestic fowl) must have been introduced in early times, the only land mammals are certain species of rats and bats.
The island contains twenty-five species of bats, mostly of African, but some of Indian, affinities.
In the southernmost islands are a small monkey, rats and mice, treeshrews (Cladobates nic.), bats, and flying-foxes, but it is doubtful if the "wild" pig is indigenous; cattle, when introduced and left, have speedily become "wild."
These may be adapted for use as swimming appendages, as in seals, or as wings, as in bats.
There will be a chance to look for bats and moths and also to see a barn owl.
Can put grills on cave entrances to prevent interference to hibernating bats.
Shortly after 9.30pm, 5 men approached the house wielding baseball bats.
So problems only arise when building or repair work is being done which would disturb a colony of roosting bats.
The use of sewage treatment works as foraging sites by insectivorous bats.
The Guide reckoned we saw about 3.5 million Mexican Free-tailed bats exit the Cave in one hour 7.30-8.30pm.
An opportunity to listen to bats using our bat detector.
Methods Samples of DNA were collected under license from English Nature from greater horseshoe bats in Dorset during 2005.
It represented an important breeding ground for frogs and was a definite feeding ground for owls and bats.
A very great deal has still to be learned regarding carrier bats - not least by the bat conservationists.
The cow dung attracts insects which provide a food source for the bats.
We then had a look at a small group of False Vampire Bats asleep under a palm frond.
Bat rabies is different from classical rabies and rarely affects animals other than bats.
Changes in the roofs of two nursery roosts have improved the environment for the bats during the breeding season.
It has two bats filled with fried breakfasts and a string of sizzling sausages for a net.
Not sure what Bats ' gripe is with Hollings, as my knowledge of local American politics is somewhat scanty.
Big dry passages, lots of bats and spiders, we even saw a shrew in the cave.
But if you use the active sonar and send out a ' ping ', the bats will stop coming after you.
Computer simulations in this field provide biological insights, and also have spinoffs such as the realistic flock of bats in Cliffhanger.
Even during the summer, bats can enter torpor during cool spells.
Ten million Brazilian Free-tailed Bats pour out, in an unstoppable torrent of wings.
He won the toss, Gold Bats skipper Bob Miller not at all put out on being invited to bat.
I hit third base with authority and sped home for my second round tripper in two at bats.
Any remaining vestige of an Indian Summer is quickly blown away Birds; Butterflies; Bats; Fungi; .. .
In habits bats are social, nocturnal and crepuscular; the insect-eating species feed on the wing, in winter in the temperate regions they migrate to a warmer climate, or hibernate, as do the British bats.
In many cases of rabies transmitted by bats to humans, bites are not reported.
In summer, bats emerge from their roosts at dusk to feed.
Bats When Britain was largely forested, bats would roost in holes in old trees.
The morning was spent clearing the tunnel of debris and building hibernation roosts for bats.
The results from the first quarter of the saliva samples have all been negative, showing that the bats sampled were not carrying disease.
When she starts with her screaming tantrums it gets close to the point where only dogs and bats can hear her !
They 're only long lived if you take care of them and if you do n't knock them out with softball bats.
Bats are among the most susceptible mammal species to habitat fragmentation.
Luckily there was some bats swooping around for us to watch.
Before emerging in the flight the bats utter a curious twittering sound.
Bats are most active on warm, humid, windless nights.
For example, for a boy you can add traditional blue ribbons and sports charms such as baseball bats, footballs or other sports-related choices.
Balls, gloves, bats, and even fishing equipment make excellent gift basket choices.
Aluminum bats are more popular these days because of the fact that aluminum is more elastic than wood-this means that when the ball hits the bat, it retains more of its kinetic energy (i.e. it will go farther outward into the field).
Wooden baseball bats are generally less expensive than aluminum ones-new ones usually won't run you more than $20.
Aluminum baseball bats are usually more expensive, running anywhere between $20 and $50 (although often, top-of-the-line aluminum bats can run more than $100!).