bat

Etymology 1
Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal 🇨🇬) of, , of origin, from , from  +.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Any of the flying mammals of the order, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
 * 2) * 2012, Suemedha Sood, 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.
 * 1)   An old woman.
 * 1)   An old woman.

Etymology 2
From, , from , probably of origin, compare 🇨🇬 and modern 🇨🇬, ultimately from a derivative of , similar to the Gaulish source of 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
 * 2) A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
 * 3) A player rated according to skill in batting.
 * 4)  The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
 * 5)  Shale or bituminous shale.
 * 6) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
 * 7) A part of a brick with one whole end.
 * 8) A stroke; a sharp blow.
 * 9)  A stroke of work.
 * 10)  Rate of motion; speed.
 * 11)  A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
 * 12)  Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
 * 13)  A rough walking stick.
 * 1)  A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
 * 2)  Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
 * 3)  A rough walking stick.
 * 1)  Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
 * 2)  A rough walking stick.

Etymology 3
From, from , from , from ; in modern English reinterpreted as a verbal derivative of Etymology 2. Compare,.

Verb

 * 1)  To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
 * 2)  To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
 * 3)  To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
 * 4)  To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
 * 1)  To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
 * 2)  To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
 * 1)  To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Etymology 4
Possibly a variant of.

Verb

 * 1)  To flutter
 * 2)  To wink.
 * 3)  To flit quickly from place to place.
 * 1)  To flit quickly from place to place.

Usage notes
Most commonly used in the phrase, and variants thereof.

Etymology 5
Borrowed from, from , from , form of , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  A packsaddle.

Noun

 * 1)  A child's shoe without a welt.
 * 2)  A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
 * 1)  A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.

Etymology
From, from earlier. Compare Daco-🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to beat, hit, strike
 * 2) to defeat

Etymology
From a reduced form of, present also in and. Compared by Eduardo Orduña and Joan Ferrer to 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1) a, an, some
 * 2) after a numeral some, about, around
 * 3) the same
 * 1) the same
 * 1) the same

Usage notes

 * The determiner doesn't take the definite singular form.

Numeral

 * 1)  one

Usage notes

 * The declension table shown in this section only applies when is used as a noun (usually when referring to the number itself). For other uses see the other declension tables.

Pronoun

 * 1) some, something, someone

Usage notes

 * When used as a pronoun, the definite form is more common in Southern dialects.

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) a place exposed to the elements

Etymology 3
.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to spank, to beat

Noun

 * 1) moth nocturnal insect

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) bat instrument for hitting or striking

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) week

Noun

 * 1) arm

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) bath

Etymology 2
From, , from.

Adverb

 * 1) better;

Descendants

 * only in and

Etymology 1
From, from ; influenced by.

Noun

 * 1) A mace,, or morningstar blunt weapon
 * 2)  A pole or stick used for other
 * 3)  A strike or hit from a weapon.
 * 4)  A clump of soft material.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) boat

Declension
Occasionally appears as feminine:

Etymology
Borrowed from and.

Noun

 * 1) boat

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) whip
 * 2)  joint
 * 1)  joint

Etymology 2
Either or.

Noun

 * 1) bateau

Etymology 3
, from.

Noun

 * 1) baht

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) mallet
 * 2) helve hammer

Etymology 2
Borrowed from (🇨🇬), from  (🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march
 * 2)  The tramp of horses’ hooves
 * 1)  The tramp of horses’ hooves

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)   act of batting

Verb

 * 1)  to

Noun

 * 1) hail, hailstone

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) basin; bowl

Classifier

 * 1) basin of; bowl of

Etymology 2
From. .

Numeral

 * 1) eight