bat
- bat
noun
1: (to have) bats in the belfry (to be) crazy or eccentric. (c. 1901 —) .
Blackwood's Magazine The sahib had bats in his belfry, and must be humoured (1928). Cf. batsadjective , battyadjective .
2: (to go) like a bat out of hell (to go) very quickly. (1921 —) .
I. Fleming The motor cyclist...had gone like a bat out of hell towards Baker Street (1961).
- bat
noun
A rate of stroke or speed, pace. (1824 —) .
J. Welcome We turned on to the main...road and started going a hell of a bat across the Cotswolds (1961).
[From the earlier sense, a blow or stroke with a bat, club, etc.] - bat
Also batt
noun, orig US
A spree or binge. (1848 —) .
E. Waugh Why don't you switch to rum? It's much better for you...When did you start on this bat? (1942).
[Of obscure origin; cf. batternoun .] - bat
verb, US
to bat a thousand to be or have been completely successful or right. (1920 —) .
[From the notion of a perfect batting average in baseball.]
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