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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The act of someone who bats. countable, uncountable

   "the battings of her eyelashes"

3. 3
   (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base wordnet
4. 4
   Special cotton for surgery. countable, uncountable
5. 5
   The action of using a bat. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of bat form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

batbatbattbatten

Example

More examples

"He sank the deal without batting an eyelash."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”).

Etymology 2

From bat + -ing (“action”).

Related phrases

batting averagebatting cagebatting collapsebatting creasebatting glovebatting orderbatting padopen the batting

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