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Verb bat has 5 senses

bat - strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; "bat the ball"
--₁ is one way to hit

Derived forms: noun bat₃, noun bat₅, noun batter₁, noun batting₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
bat, flutter - wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids"
--₂ is one way to blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
bat - have a turn at bat; "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
--₃ is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
bat - use a bat; "Who's batting?"
--₄ is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick - beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
--₅ is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to bat his opponent