English Translation of bat
bat
s.
- (cudgel) garrote m., palo
- (blow) garrotazo, palo
- deportes (for baseball) bate m.
- (racket) raqueta
- zoología murciélago
- jerga (spree) juerga
Idioms:
right off the bat
- familiar inmediatamente, sin vacilar
to be as blind as a bat
- ser más ciego que un topo
to be at bat
- deportes estar bateando o al bate
to go to bat for
- familiar sacar la cara por
to have bats in the belfry
- jerga estar chiflado, estar mal de la azotea
bat·ted
, bat·ting
- (to hit) dar un palo a, golpear
- deportes batear, golpear
- (to wink) pestañear
Idioms:
not to bat an eye
- no pestañear, permanecer imperturbable
to bat around
- familiar discutir mucho, pelotear sobre un asunto o tópico
- deportes (to hit) batear
- (to take one's turn) tocar a uno batear
Idiom:
to bat around
- vagar