bataca

bataca noun: bat or club with heavy padding for sparring or therapeutic use without causing injury.

Noun

bataca (plural batacas)

bat or club with heavy padding for sparring or therapeutic use without causing injury
- When engaged in a fantasy monologue, the teacher who is experiencing angry conflict with a student will need a soft chair or bed and a bataca (which is a stick with heavy padding on it) or simply a newspaper that has been tightly rolled.1981, Bill W. Hillman, Teaching With Confidence: How to Get Off the Classroom Wall, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, →ISBN, page 205
- She agreed, and the therapist instructed her on how to start by demonstrating how to use a bataca (padded bat) to release the anger physically. As he demonstrated the use of the bataca, the subject recoiled and revealed to him that she had been hit and physically abused by her ex-husband.1995, Jurg Siegfried, Therapeutic and Everyday Discourse as Behavior Change: Towards a Micro-analysis in Psychotherapy Process Research, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 178

The word "Bataca" was registered as a trademark in 1967. Over time it became a generic trademark. The word is derived from Spanish batacazo.

What does bataca mean?: Bataca means bat or club with heavy padding for sparring or therapeutic use without causing injury.
What part of speech is bataca?: Bataca is a noun.
What is the plural of bataca?: The plural of bataca is batacas.

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