/bæt/

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Meaning

A small animal with wings that flies at night; also a wooden stick used to hit a ball in some games.

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Word origin

The animal sense comes from Middle English bakke, borrowed from Old Norse. The stick sense comes from Old English batt, a club.

Origin
Middle English
Root
bakke

Grammar

Gender
Pluralbats

Examples

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Here "bat" is the small animal that flies at night.

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"Bats" is the plural of "bat".

wooden .

"Bat" also means the stick you use to hit a ball.

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This word is taught in chapter 22, lesson 11: bat, sometime, screech and 7 more words.