Phrase Hound found 183 phrases and 214 compound words that contain bat. The most common are listed below. Open bat in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 183
- baseball batA long instrument, typically wood, metal, or plastic, which is swung to strike baseballs.
- carry the batTo bat throughout the whole of an innings, being one of the openers and remaining not out when 10 wickets have fallen.
- vampire batAny of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to Central and South America, which use their teeth to cut the skin of larger animals while they are asleep and surreptitiously drink blood, their sole source of food.
- off the batFrom the start; immediately; right away.
- horseshoe batA bat of the genus Rhinolophus.
- bat an eyelidTo react in any slight way; to respond; to care.
- bat-eared foxOtocyon megalotis, a canid of the African savanna, with large black ears and tawny fur.
- blind as a batNearly totally blind; having a very poor sense of vision.
- go to batTo be the individual or team that is currently batting; to play offense.
- bat mitzvahA Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl.
- bat aroundTo have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
- beat the batOf a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.
- come to batTo have one's turn at bat.
- baby batA fledgling member of the goth subculture.
- Bat-SignalA thing which serves to attract or summon something.
- beating the batpresent participle and gerund of beat the bat
- spectral batVampyrum spectrum, the largest carnivorous bat.
- bat houseA nest box for bats.
- mastiff batAny of certain species of the bat family Molossidae, usually the genera Eumops, Mops, Promops, or Chaerephon.
- mouse-eared batAny of the genus Myotis of bats within the family Vespertilionidae.
- bat hawkA slender, long-winged raptor of species Macheiramphus alcinus, found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea, and having a diet of mainly bats.
- big brown batThe bat Eptesicus fuscus.
- vesper batAny member of the Vespertilionidae, a family of bats.
- greater mouse-eared batA species of mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis, native to Europe.
- bulldog batAny of the bats of the family Noctilionidae, sole extant genus Noctilio.
Compound words 214
- batmanA servant or valet to a military officer.
- batterTo hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- battingCotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
- battyMad, crazy, silly.
- batsmanA player of the batting side now on the field.
- moonbatA liberal (someone with a left-wing ideology).
- batmobileTo move or proceed as if in the Batmobile
- batgirlThe female equivalent of a batboy.
- batwingThe wing of a bat, or its shape.
- batfishAny of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae