Topic: BASEBALL
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Sense: 1, 4-5
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Origin: | BAT12 |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | Probably from bate 'to beat the wings' (13-20 centuries), from Old French batre 'to hit' |
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bat2 past tense and past participle batted, present participle batting
1 [intransitive and transitive]DSCDSB to hit the ball with a bat in cricket or baseball
2 to not seem to be shocked, surprised, or embarrassed : 
They started talking about sex, but she didn't bat an eyelid.
not bat an eye/eyelid
informalThey started talking about sex, but she didn't bat an eyelid.3 if a woman bats her eyes, she opens and closes them several times quickly in order to look attractive to men
bat your eyes/eyelashes
5 to be very successful : She's been batting a thousand since she got that job.
be batting a thousand
American English informalShe's been batting a thousand since she got that job.
