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bats out

bats out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bat out.

Meaning of bat out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to expel, using bats, paddles or similar things.
  2. (transitive) to churn out, produce hurriedly
  3. (transitive) to flatten something (e.g. with a rolling pin)
  4. to continue batting (normally to prevent what would otherwise result in losing a match)

Questions about bats out

What is bats out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bats out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bat out.

Words near bats out in the dictionary

  1. bats in
  2. bats of an eye
  3. bats one thousand
  4. bats one's eyelashes
  5. bats one's eyes
  6. bats out
  7. bats round
  8. bats the breeze
  9. Batsford
  10. batshit
  11. batshite

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