Synonyms for bats
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bats |
| Phonetic Transcription : bæts |
Top 10 synonyms for bats Other synonyms for the word bats
Définition of bats
Origin :- "to hit with a bat," mid-15c., from bat (n.1). Related: Batted; batting.
- noun a hit with a solid object
- He shared it with bats and all sorts of creeping insects but this he did not mind.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- It is a great game of ball; the bats are broad and light, and the ball is small and soft.
- Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
- The roots don't want any sun, they like to be in the dark, just like owls and bats.
- Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
- Owls inhabited the outhouses, and bats the chinks beneath the eaves.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
- Our little bats, the bats that live in cool countries, do not harm any one.
- Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
- The temper of bats is uncertain, and hunger does not improve it.
- Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
- They were all as blind as bats, and none the less happy for that.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- But when he studied the sky he was able to sight none of the cliff-dwelling Warlockian bats.
- Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
- In some of the rooms there were bats hanging to the ceilings.
- Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
- I couldn't help thinking to myself, "If you was bats, where should we be this night?"
- Extract from : « A Thin Ghost and Others » by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
Antonyms for bats
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