EnglishNoun(en noun) A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything(w).*, chapter=12, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs ,#An implement to hit the ball in some ballgames, e.g. golf.An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.**:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club , or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.#(lb) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.#*(rfdate) (Benjamin Franklin): #*:He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.*(w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)*:They laid down the club .*(Samuel Pepys) (1633-1703)*:We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club .An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.:A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.#A playing card marked with such a symbol.#:(lb) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.::Synonyms* (weapon) cudgel* (sports association) team Derived terms* benefit club* clubbing* clubfoot* clubhouse* club sandwich* golf club* nightclub* on the club Verb(clubb) to hit with a club.- He clubbed the poor dog.
To join together to form a group.* Dryden- Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream.
(transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.- a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
To go to nightclubs.- We went clubbing in Ibiza.
To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.* Jonathan Swift- The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubbed for a feather to his hat.
To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.- to club the expense
(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.* {{quote-book, year=1876, author=Major-General G. E. Voyle and Captain G. De Saint-Clair-Stevenson, F.R.G.S., title=A Military Dictionary, Comprising Terms, Scientific and Otherwise, Connected with the Science of War, Third Edition, publisher=London: William Clowes & Sons, page=80, passage=To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column.}}To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.- to club exertions
(military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club. | Etymology 1Dialectal variant (akin to the dialectal (etyl) term (m)) of (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) ). Noun(en noun) Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.**:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat' he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a '''bat''' he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a ' bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.*2012 , Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats] [sic *:As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat' colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban '''bat''' colony (in Austin). '''Bat''' watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more ' bat -viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.(lb) An old woman.A whor* who prowls in the dusk/evening like a bat.Synonyms* (flying mammal) Derived terms* Batman* batlike* batsh*t* battish* batty* blind as a bat* fruit bat* have bats in the belfry* leaf-nosed bat* (little brown bat)* (brown bat)* like a bat out of hell* microbat* moonbat* vampire bat* vesper bat See also*** (bat)* (Chiroptera) Noun(en noun) A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.[Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language , second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 242](mining) Shale or bituminous shale.- (Kirwan)
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.A part of a brick with one whole end.Synonyms* (two-up) kip, stick, kylie, lannet Derived terms(derived terms)* baseball bat* batless* batman* bats* batsman* cricket bat Verb(batt) to hit with a bat.to take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.to strike or swipe as though with a bat- The cat batted at the toy.
Derived terms* bat five hundred* bat in* bat out* bat up* (verb) ReferencesEtymology 3Possibly a variant of bate. Verbto flutter: bat one's eyelashes .Usage notesMost commonly used in phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof. Derived terms* bat an eye, bat an eyelash, bat an eyelid Etymology 4From (etyl) . [ ]"batman." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.Cognate to (m). References |
