Definitions for batting

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batting bat·ting

Spelling: [bat-ing]

IPA: /ˈbæt ɪŋ/

Batting is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in batting (abgintt).

Definitions for batting

noun

1. the act or manner of using a bat in a game of ball.
2. cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers in batts or sheets, used as filling for quilts or bedcovers.
3. Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
4. a heavy stick, club, or cudgel.
5. Informal. a blow, as with a bat.
6. any fragment of brick or hardened clay.
7. Masonry. a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole.
8. British Slang. speed; rate of motion or progress, especially the pace of the stroke or step of a race.
9. Slang. a spree; binge:
10. Ceramics. a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing. a slab of moist clay. a ledge or shelf in a kiln. a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip.
11. batt.

Idioms

1. at bat, Baseball. taking one's turn to bat in a game: an instance at bat officially charged to a batter except when the batter is hit by a pitch, receives a base on balls, is interfered with by the catcher, or makes a sacrifice hit or sacrifice fly:
2. bat the breeze. breeze1 (def 11).
3. go to bat for, Informal. to intercede for; vouch for; defend:
4. right off the bat, Informal. at once; without delay:
5. not bat an eye, to show no emotion or surprise; maintain a calm exterior:

Verb phrases

1. bat around, Slang. to roam; drift. Informal. to discuss or ponder; debate: Baseball. to have every player in the lineup take a turn at bat during a single inning.
2. bat in, Baseball. to cause (a run) to be scored by getting a hit:
3. bat out, to do, write, produce, etc., hurriedly:

verb (used with object)

1. to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club.
2. Baseball. to have a batting average of; hit:
3. to blink; wink; flutter.

verb (used without object)

1. Sports. to strike at the ball with the bat. to take one's turn as a batter.
2. Slang. to rush.

Origin of batting

First recorded in 1605-15; bat¹ + -ing¹

Examples for batting

This batting of the leader and consequent slacking of the line worried Dan, as it did me.

“Some people worry about our batting average,” he told the crowd of activists.

As the second week of September began, he had 45 home runs, 161 runs batted in, and a .389 batting average.

He dominated hitters, posting the top numbers in ERA, strikeout-to-walk, and the batting average of opposing hitters.

“This is batting practice for Hillary and the people around her,” he says.

They may try to do that if you fellows get to batting Grant good and plenty.

This year for the first two weeks of our season I led the league in batting.

Louie and Amia were perfectly happy to drift along, batting eyes at each other but never taking it to the next level.

He was facing the boat and batting the leader with his sword.

You don't mind being hit a little in batting practice, do you?