Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bat. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bat.
Definitions and meaning of bat
bat
Pronunciation
enPR: băt, IPA(key): /bæt/
Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedishnatt-batta) of Middle Englishbakke, balke, from North Germanic. Compare Old Swedishnatbakka, Old Danishnathbakkæ(literally “night-flapper”), Old Norseleðrblaka(literally “leather-flapper”).
Noun
bat (pluralbats)
Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
2012, Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats [sic]
As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.
From Middle Englishbat, batte, from Old Englishbatt(“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Bretonbath(“club, cudgel”) and modern Bretonbazh(“swagger stick”).
Noun
bat (pluralbats)
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Kirwan to this entry?)
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
A part of a brick with one whole end.
A stroke; a sharp blow.
(Britain, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
(informal) Rate of motion; speed.
1898, unknown author, Pall Mall Magazine
a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea.
(US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
(Britain, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Synonyms
(two-up):kip, stick, kylie, lannet
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bat (third-person singular simple presentbats, present participlebatting, simple past and past participlebatted)
(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Etymology 3
Possibly a variant of bate.
Verb
bat (third-person singular simple presentbats, present participlebatting, simple past and past participlebatted)
(transitive) To flutter
(US, Britain, dialect) To wink.
(Britain, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
(intransitive, usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
Usage notes
Most commonly used in the phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.
Derived terms
bat an eye, bat an eyelash, bat an eyelid
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Frenchbât, from Old Frenchbast, from Vulgar Latin*bastum, form of *bastāre(“to carry”), from Ancient Greekβαστάζω(bastázō, “to lift, carry”). Doublet of baton and baston.
Noun
bat (pluralbats)
(obsolete) A packsaddle.
Derived terms
batman
Etymology 5
Noun
bat
Dated form of baht(“Thai currency”).
Etymology 6
Noun
bat (pluralbats)
(Caribbean, MLE)Clipping of batty(“fundament, tewel, butt”).
Anagrams
ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BTA, TBA, Tab, abt, abt., tab
Aromanian
Alternative forms
batu
Etymology
From Late Latinbattō, from Latinbattuō. Compare Daco-Romanianbate, bat.
Verb
bat (third-person singular present indicativebati/bate, past participlebãtutã)
I beat, hit, strike.
I defeat.
Synonyms
(beat): agudescu
(defeat): azvingu
Related terms
batiri/batire
bãteri
bãtut
bãtutã
strãbat
Basque
Etymology
From a reduced form of Proto-Basque*bade(“one, some”), present also in bederatzi(“nine”) and bedera(“same; everyone”). Compared by Eduardo Orduña and Joan Ferrer to Iberianban(“one”).
Pronunciation
(standard) IPA(key): /bat/
Determiner
bat
a, an, some
Numeral
bat
one
Derived terms
batasun(“unity”)
Pronoun
bat
(indefinite) some
Declension
Derived terms
bakoitz(“each”)
References
Further reading
“bat” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
Azkue, Resurrección María de, “bat”, in Diccionario vasco-español-francés = Dictionnaire basque-espagnol-français [Basque-Spanish-French Dictionary] (in Spanish and French), volume 1, Bilbao, 1905–1906, page 137
Catalan
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -at
Verb
bat
third-person singular present indicative form of batre
third-person singular present indicative of battre
Anagrams
t.a.b.
German
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /baːt/
Rhymes: -aːt
Homophones: Bad(standard, but not universal), Bart(some speakers)
Verb
bat
first-person singular preterite indicative of bitten
third-person singular preterite indicative of bitten
Jamaican Creole
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbat/
Hyphenation: bat
Etymology 1
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Noun
bat (plural: bat dem, quantified: bat)
moth (nocturnal insect)
Derived terms
dunce bat
duppy bat
Etymology 2
From Englishbat.
Noun
bat (plural: bat dem, quantified: bat)
bat (instrument for hitting or striking)
Derived terms
old bat
References
Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 83
bat – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Jingpho
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmeseပတ်(pat)
Noun
bat
week
References
Kurabe, Keita, “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[2], volume 35, 2016-12-31, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
Luo
Noun
bat (pluralbede)
arm
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bat/
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch*bath, from Proto-Germanic*baþą.
Noun
batn
bath
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Dutch: bad
Limburgish: baad
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch*bat, *bet, from Proto-Germanic*batiz.
Adverb
bat
better; comparative degree of wel
Synonym:beter
Alternative forms
bet
Descendants
Dutch: bet- only in betovergroot-(“great grand-”) and betweter(“know-it-all”)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bat
first/third-person singular past indicative of bidden
Further reading
“bat (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek[3], 2000
“bat (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek[4], 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J., “bat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek[5], The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1885–1929, →ISBN, page I
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J., “bet (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek[6], The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1885–1929, →ISBN, page bet
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishbatt, from Celtic; influenced by Old Frenchbatte.
Alternative forms
batt, batte, bot
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bat/, /bɔt/
Noun
bat (pluralbattes or botten)
A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon)
(rare) A pole or stick used for other
(rare, Late Middle English) A strike or hit from a weapon.
(rare, Late Middle English) A clump of soft material.
Descendants
English: bat, batt
Scots: bat
→ Irish: bata
→ Scottish Gaelic: bata
References
“bat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-16.
Etymology 2
Noun
bat
(Northern)Alternative form of bot(“boat”)
Min Nan
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*bait.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɑːt/
Noun
bātm or f (nominative pluralbātas)
boat
Declension
Descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
bot, bote
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Englishbāt and Middle Englishbot.
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bat)
Old Irish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bad/
Verb
bat
inflection of is:
third-person plural imperative
third-person plural present subjunctive
Mutation
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bat/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic*batъ.
Noun
batm inan (diminutivebacik)
whip (rod)
Synonym:bicz
Declension
Related terms
(noun)batog
(verb)batożyć
Etymology 2
Noun
batm inan
bateau (type of boat)
Declension
Etymology 3
From Thaiบาท(bàat).
Noun
batm inan
baht (official currency of Thailand)
Further reading
bat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
bat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Verb
bat
first-person singular present indicative of bate
first-person singular present subjunctive of bate
third-person plural present indicative of bate
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic*batъ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bât/
Noun
bȁtm (Cyrillic spellingба̏т)
mallet
helve hammer
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkishباصدی (bastı), from باصمق (basmak).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bâːt/
Noun
bȃtm (Cyrillic spellingба̑т)
The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march
1939, Čedomir Minderović, Crven je istok i zapad:
Napred, sve bliže i bliže, / Čuje se koraka bat. / Glas milijona se diže: / Dole fašizam i rat!
Forward, ever closer and closer, / the tramp of footsteps is heard. / The voice of millions is raised: / Down with fascism and war!
(rare) The tramp of horses’ hooves
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bâːt/
Noun
bȃtm (Cyrillic spellingба̑т)
Alternative form of bȁht
Declension
References
“bat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“bat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“bat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Etymology
From Englishbat.
Noun
batm (pluralbats)
(baseball) bat (act of batting)
Misspelling of baht.
Turkish
Verb
bat
sink (imperative)
Tzotzil
Pronunciation
(Zinacantán) IPA(key): /ɓätʰ/
Verb
bat
(intransitive) to go
References
Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Westrobothnian
Noun
batf
excrement
dirt, uncleanliness
Noun
batm (definitebatn, pluralbaat)
Alternative spelling of båt
Yola
Noun
bat
Alternative form of bath
References
Jacob Poole, William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, 1867, →ISBN
Yucatec Maya
Noun
bat (pluralbatoʼob)
hail, hailstone
Zhuang
Pronunciation
(Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /paːt˧˥/
Tone numbers: bat7
Hyphenation: bat
Etymology 1
From Chinese缽 (MC puɑt̚).
Noun
bat (Sawndip forms朳or𥐙or鈸or叭or拔, old orthographybat)
basin; bowl
Synonym:angq(dialectal)
Derived terms
Classifier
bat (old orthographybat)
basin of; bowl of
Etymology 2
From Chinese八 (MC pˠɛt̚, “eight”). Doublet of bet.