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beat the bat

beat the bat verb: of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.

Verb

beat the bat (third-person singular simple present beats the bat, present participle beating the bat, simple past beat the bat, past participle beaten the bat)

  1. (informal) Of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.
  2. (informal) Of a bowler: to deliver such a ball.

Forms of beat the bat

third-person singular presentbeats the bat
present participlebeating the bat
pastbeat the bat
past participlebeaten the bat

Questions about beat the bat

What does beat the bat mean?
Beat the bat means of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.
What part of speech is beat the bat?
Beat the bat is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the bat?
The past tense of beat the bat is beat the bat.

Words near beat the bat in the dictionary

  1. beat someone's ass
  2. beat someone's brains out
  3. beat someone's time
  4. beat the air
  5. beat the allegations
  6. beat the bat
  7. beat the bishop
  8. beat the bounds
  9. beat the bushes
  10. beat the clock
  11. beat the cock

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