batting
/ˈbætɪŋ/
batting noun: cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc. Also the present participle and gerund of bat.
Noun (1)
batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)
Noun (2)
batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)
- The act of someone who bats.
- the battings of her eyelashes
- The action of using a bat.
Also used as
batting is also the present participle and gerund of bat.
batting meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
batting in Hindi
- बल्लेबाजी, बैटिंग
batting in Tamil
- பேட்டிங்
batting in Marathi
- फलंदाजी, बॅटिंग, फलंदाजीला
batting in Urdu
- The action of using a bat
- بلے بازی balle-bāzī
More languagesFewer languages
- batting in Bengali
- ব্যাটিং
- batting in Telugu
- బ్యాటింగ్
- batting in Malayalam
- ബാറ്റിംഗ്, ബാറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നു
- batting in Kannada
- ಬ್ಯಾಟಿಂಗ್
- batting in Punjabi
- ਬੱਲੇਬਾਜ਼ੀ, ਬੱਲੇਬਾਜ਼ੀ ਕਰਨਾ
- batting in Gujarati
- બેટિંગ, બૅટિંગ
- batting in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାଟିଂ, ବ୍ଯ଼ାଟିଙ୍ଗ୍, ବ୍ଯ଼ାଟିଙ୍ଗ
- batting in Nepali
- ब्याटिङ, ब्याटिङ्ग
- batting in Persian
- چغبوت čaġbut
Examples of batting in a sentence
- Smith was sent down to the minors to work on his batting.
- The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.
- A player's batting average is his hits divided by his official at-bats.
Synonyms of batting
Forms of batting
| plural | battings |
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Origin of batting
From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”).
From bat + -ing (“action”).
Words formed from batting
Phrases with batting
- batting in
- batting out
- batting away
- batting deep
- batting pads
- batting about
- batting round
- batting an eye
- batting around
- batting gloves
- batting orders
- batting averages
19 more phrasesFewer phrases
- straight batting
- batting an eyelid
- batting collapses
- opens the batting
- batting a thousand
- batting one's eyes
- batting the breeze
- opened the batting
- opening the batting
- batting five hundred
- batting for both sides
- without batting an eye
- batting one's eyelashes
- without batting an eyelid
- batting for the other side
- batting for the other team
- without batting an eyelash
- batting average on balls in play
- batting averages on balls in play
Words that rhyme with batting
Questions about batting
- What does batting mean?
- Batting means cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.
- What is batting in Hindi?
- Batting in Hindi is बल्लेबाजी, बैटिंग. See Batting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is batting?
- Batting is a noun.
- How do you pronounce batting?
- Batting is pronounced /ˈbætɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of batting?
- The plural of batting is battings.
Words near batting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: batting (page history and authors); batting (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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