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bat in

bat in verb: to bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).

Verb

bat in (third-person singular simple present bats in, present participle batting in, simple past and past participle batted in)

  1. (transitive) To bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).
    • a. 2001, William Harrington, Elliott Roosevelt's Murder at the President's Door: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery, 2003 edition, →ISBN, page 55,
      In 1927, when Ruth hit sixty home runs, Gehrig had a better batting average and batted in more runs.

Forms of bat in

third-person singular presentbats in
present participlebatting in
past participlebatted in
pastbatted in

Words formed from bat in

Questions about bat in

What does bat in mean?
Bat in means to bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).
What part of speech is bat in?
Bat in is a verb.
What is the past tense of bat in?
The past tense of bat in is batted in.

Words near bat in in the dictionary

  1. bat hawks
  2. bat horse
  3. bat horses
  4. bat house
  5. bat houses
  6. bat in
  7. bat laurel
  8. bat laurels
  9. bat mitzvah
  10. bat mitzvahed
  11. bat mitzvahing

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