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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bat
Phonetic Transcription : bæt



Definition of batted

Origin :
  • "to hit with a bat," mid-15c., from bat (n.1). Related: Batted; batting.
  • noun a hit with a solid object
Example sentences :
  • Your great pup-pitcher, Newbert, was batted out in the fifth inning.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • He fancied he had batted all kinds of pitching, but here was something new to him.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • Then Moslof batted one down to Edwards and was thrown out at first.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • Jenkins gave it a swing over his head, then batted his knee with it.
  • Extract from : « Five Little Peppers at School » by Margaret Sidney
  • And when she batted her eyes, I wondered that they didn't crack like a whip, they were so sharp.
  • Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read
  • Amos's eyes, wider than ever from the excitement of events, batted at Chris.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Wicker's Window » by Carley Dawson
  • They looked at him reproachfully, but Tom never "batted an eye."
  • Extract from : « Bert Wilson on the Gridiron » by J. W. Duffield
  • He batted them away like insects, but they surrounded him and piled on.
  • Extract from : « The Happy Unfortunate » by Robert Silverberg
  • Then he batted it first this way and then that way, growing angrier and angrier.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • If I had had my camera I could have batted the old man over the head with it.
  • Extract from : « Just Irish » by Charles Battell Loomis

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