BAT
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Example

At dusk, a bat swooped silently over the garden.

Definition

A nocturnal flying mammal of the order Chiroptera

  • Often insectivorous or frugivorous, navigating by echolocation

A club-like implement used to hit a ball

  • Especially in baseball, cricket, or similar sports

To hit a ball with a bat

  • To take one’s turn at hitting in baseball or cricket

Informal, derogatory: an annoying or eccentric old woman

Initialism: best available technology in environmental regulation

  • Initialism: brown adipose tissue
  • Initialism: Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent as Chinese tech giants