dead bat
dead bat noun: the bat when held with a light grip such that it gives when the ball strikes it, and the ball loses momentum and falls to the ground.
Noun
dead bat (plural dead bats)
Verb
dead bat (third-person singular simple present dead bats, present participle dead batting, simple past and past participle dead batted)
- To play (the ball) with a dead bat.
- Known for his innovative and unpredictable strokeplay, Dhoni had dead-batted this doosra straight back to the bowler.2022, Amit Sinha, Joy Bhattacharjya, Do Different: The Untold Dhoni
dead bat meaning in Bengali
dead bat in Bengali
- ডেড ব্যাট দিয়ে খেলা
Forms of dead bat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dead bats |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dead bats |
| present participle | dead batting |
| past participle | dead batted |
| past | dead batted |
Questions about dead bat
- What does dead bat mean?
- Dead bat means the bat when held with a light grip such that it gives when the ball strikes it, and the ball loses momentum and falls to the ground.
- What is dead bat in Bengali?
- Dead bat in Bengali is ডেড ব্যাট দিয়ে খেলা. See Dead bat meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is dead bat?
- Dead bat can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of dead bat?
- The plural of dead bat is dead bats.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dead bat (page history and authors); dead bat (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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