ALL meanings of bat out
bat out
B b - noun bat out to create or compose quickly or hastily 3
- noun bat out Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket. 1
- noun bat out a heavy stick, club, or cudgel. 1
- noun bat out Informal. a blow, as with a bat. 1
- noun bat out any fragment of brick or hardened clay. 1
- noun bat out Masonry. a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole. 1
- noun bat out British Slang. speed; rate of motion or progress, especially the pace of the stroke or step of a race. 1
- noun bat out Slang. a spree; binge: to go on a bat. 1
- noun bat out Ceramics. a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing. a slab of moist clay. a ledge or shelf in a kiln. a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip. 1
- noun bat out batt. 1
- verb with object bat out to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club. 1
- verb with object bat out Baseball. to have a batting average of; hit: He batted .325 in spring training. 1
- verb without object bat out Sports. to strike at the ball with the bat. to take one's turn as a batter. 1
- verb without object bat out Slang. to rush. 1
- idioms bat out at bat, Baseball. taking one's turn to bat in a game: at bat with two men in scoring position. an instance at bat officially charged to a batter except when the batter is hit by a pitch, receives a base on balls, is interfered with by the catcher, or makes a sacrifice hit or sacrifice fly: two hits in three at bats. 1
- idioms bat out bat the breeze. breeze1 (def 11). 1
- idioms bat out go to bat for, Informal. to intercede for; vouch for; defend: to go to bat for a friend. 1
- idioms bat out right off the bat, Informal. at once; without delay: They asked me to sing right off the bat. 1
- verb bat out (Transitive Verb) to expel, using bats, paddles or similar things. 0
- verb bat out (Transitive Verb) to churn out, produce hurriedly. 0
- verb bat out (Transitive Verb) (cooking) to flatten something (e.g. with a rolling pin). 0
- verb bat out (cricket) to continue batting (normally to prevent what would otherwise result in losing a match). 0