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batted an eye

batted an eye is the simple past and past participle of bat an eye.

Meaning of bat an eye

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of bat an eyelid.
    Synonyms:
    bat an eyelid

Questions about batted an eye

What is batted an eye the simple past and past participle of?
Batted an eye is the simple past and past participle of bat an eye.

Words near batted an eye in the dictionary

  1. batteau
  2. batteaux
  3. batted
  4. batted a thousand
  5. batted about
  6. batted an eye
  7. batted an eyelid
  8. batted around
  9. batted away
  10. batted deep
  11. batted five hundred

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batted an eye (page history and authors); bat an eye (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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