see|Appendix:Variations of "bat"

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English

Pronunciation
enPR|b�t, IPA|/bæt/, SAMPA|/b{t/
audio|en-us-bat.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æt

Etymology 1
wikipedia
Image:Mariana_Fruit_Bat.jpg|thumb|A bat (mammal).
ME. bakke or balke, maybe from Old Swedish nattbakka, or Icelandic leðurblaka, literally "leather flapper"

Noun
en-noun

1. Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation. They look like a mouse with membranous wings extending from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Altogether, there are about 1.000 bat species in the world.
2. context|offensive An old woman.
3. 1811 A low whore: so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening.

See also
Appendix: Animals
Appendix: Collective nouns

Derived terms
rfc-level|Derived terms at L4+ not in L3 POS section
blind as a bat
have bats in the belfry
fruit bat

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Lenape: pipisilunkòn
Lithuanian: šikšnosparnis, šikšnósparnis m
Macedonian: лилjак (liljak)
Maltese: farfett il-lejl
Manchu: (ashangga singgeri)
Maori: t-|mi|pekapeka|xs=Maori
Maricopa: qmpanyq
Mongolian: �а�и�ан багваа�ай (sarisan bagvaaxai)
Nahuatl: tzohnaka, tzinaka
Norwegian: t+|no|flaggermus|c
O'odham: nanakmel
Occitan: rata penada
Persian: FAchar|خ�اش (khefâsh)
Polish: t+|pl|nietoperz|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|morcego|m
Proto-Polynesian: *peka
Romanian: t+|ro|liliac|m
Romany: liliako m
Russian: ле���а� м��� (letú�aja myš�) f
Sami: girdisáhpán
Sardinian: ragabedde, alibedde, tzintzimurreddu m
Serbian: �лепи ми� (slepi miš) m, netopir m, šišmiš m
Slovak: netopier m
Slovene: t+|sl|netopir|m
Spanish: t+|es|murciélago|m
Sumerian: sutinnu
Swedish: t-|sv|fladdermus|c
Telugu: �బ�బిల� (gabbilaM)
Thai: THchar|��า��าว (kang kaw)
Tibetan: (pha wang)
Turkish: t+|tr|yarasa
Ukrainian: кажан (kažan) m
Uyghur: �äpäräk, �äpiräñ, �ipäräk
Volapük: flitamug
Welsh: ystlum m
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Etymology 2
OE. batt

Noun
en-noun

1. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
2. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
3. two-up: The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242.)

Translations
trans-top|club
Afrikaans: kolf
Arabic: ARchar|��ض�ر�ب�|�ضرب unicode|(mi�ráb) m
Chinese: �� (qiúbàng), �� (qiúp�i)
Czech: t-|cs|pálka|f
Dutch: slaghout n
Finnish: maila, karttu
French: t+|fr|bâton|m
German: Schläger m, colloq. Keule f
Icelandic: kylfa f
Interlingua: bat#Interlingua|bat
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Japanese: ��� (batto)
Korean: 방�� (bangmang-i)
Norwegian: balltre n
Portuguese: t-|pt|bastão|m
Russian: би�а (bitá) f
Spanish: bate#Spanish|bate m, bat m; palo m
Swedish: slagträ n, basebollträ n
Volapük: baton#Volapük|baton
Welsh: bat m|f
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trans-top|turn at batting
Finnish: lyöntivuoro, vuoro
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Verb
en-verb|bats|batting|batted

1. transitive to hit with a bat.
2. intransitive to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
3. intransitive to strike or swipe as though with a bat

#:The cat batted at the toy.

Translations
trans-top|hit
Finnish: t+|fi|lyödä
Icelandic: slá (means simply �hit�)
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Spanish: t-|es|batear
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trans-top|take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat

Finnish: olla lyöjänä
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Synonyms
Two-up:

kip
stick
kylie

Derived terms
rel-top|derived terms
baseball bat
batman
batshit
batsman
cricket bat
fruit bat
vampire bat
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See also
bats
lannet
myotis

Basque

Article
bat

1. a#Indefinite article|a, an#Indefinite article|an

#*Musu bat — A kiss.

Cardinal number
bat

1. one

#*Sagar bat eta lau laranja — One apple and four oranges.

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Category:Basque numbers

French

Verb
bat

1. third-person singular indicative present of battre

German

Verb
bat

1. (singular past tense of bitten)

Min Nan
zh-forms|� or �|� or �

Alternative spellings
pat

Pronunciation
IPA|[ bat˩˩ ]

Verb
nan-verb|p|pojtbat4|tas� or �

1. to know somebody; to recognize
2. to be familiar with

See also
zh-ts|��|认� rènshi

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *baitaz. Related to Old Norse bátr, beit.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ba:t/

Noun
unicode|b�t m (plural unicode|batas|b�tas)

1. boat

Descendants
English: boat

Category:Old English nouns

Turkish

Verb
bat

1. sink (imperative)

Category:Turkish verb forms

Volapük

Noun
bat

1. game of whip and top
2. bat (for ball games)

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