bat five hundred
bat five hundred verb: to be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.
Verb
bat five hundred (third-person singular simple present bats five hundred, present participle batting five hundred, simple past and past participle batted five hundred)
- To be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.
Forms of bat five hundred
| third-person singular present | bats five hundred |
|---|---|
| present participle | batting five hundred |
| past participle | batted five hundred |
| past | batted five hundred |
Origin of bat five hundred
From the practice of reckoning the batting average of a hitter in baseball in thousandths.
Questions about bat five hundred
- What does bat five hundred mean?
- Bat five hundred means to be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.
- What part of speech is bat five hundred?
- Bat five hundred is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bat five hundred?
- The past tense of bat five hundred is batted five hundred.
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