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batting an eyelid

batting an eyelid is the present participle and gerund of bat an eyelid.

Meaning of bat an eyelid

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.
    • When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.

Questions about batting an eyelid

What is batting an eyelid the present participle and gerund of?
Batting an eyelid is the present participle and gerund of bat an eyelid.

Words near batting an eyelid in the dictionary

  1. battiness
  2. batting
  3. batting a thousand
  4. batting about
  5. batting an eye
  6. batting an eyelid
  7. batting around
  8. batting average
  9. batting average on balls in play
  10. batting averages
  11. batting averages on balls in play

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