simple past tense and past participle of bat for the other side

(US, idiomatic) From the start; immediately; right away.

(cricket) Each of a pair of protective gloves worn by a batsman to prevent damage to the fingers and hands

plural of batting average

plural of vesper bat

Any member of the Vespertilionidae, a family of bats.

(baseball, literally) To reach first base on every at-bat. / (idiomatic) To achieve success at each attempt. / (idiomatic) To achieve perfection.

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.

Alternative spelling of batshit (in adjective sense “crazy”)

Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to South America, which use their teeth to nick larger animals while they are asleep, allowing it to surreptitiously lap a blood meal.