bat

• amble
• assail
• assault
• attack
• bang
• bash
• baste
• bastinade
• bastinado
• baton
• batter
• battering
• bean
• beat
• beat up on
• beating
• beetle
• belabor
• belt
• beset
• biff
• billy
• billy club
• birch
• blackjack
• blow
• bludgeon
• bludgeoning
• bob
• body blow
• bonk
• bop
• box
• brain
• buffet
• bump
• bung
• bung up
• bunt
• bust
• butt
• cane
• chop
• clap
• clip
• clobber
• clobbering
• clock
• clout
• club
• conk
• counter
• counterblow
• counterpunch
• counterstroke
• cowhide
• crabstick
• crack
• cream
• crook
• crosier
• crozier
• cruise
• cruncher
• cudgel
• cudgeling
• cudgelling
• cuff
• curry
• dab
• dawdle
• deck
• do
• douse
• drift
• drub
• drubbing
• dump
• fell
• fib
• fillip
• flagellate
• flail
• flick
• float
• flog
• flogging
• floor
• fustigate
• galavant
• gallivant
• gavel
• gore
• gypsy
• hack
• hammer
• hammering
• hand
• hang one on
• haymaker
• hickory
• hide
• hit
• hobo
• hook
• horsewhip
• jab
• jostle
• kayo
• kick
• kick around
• knee
• knobkerrie
• knock
• knock down
• knockdown
• knockout
• ko
• lace
• lacerate
• lam
• lambast
• lambaste
• lambasting
• larrup
• lash
• lather
• lay on
• leather
• left
• level
• lick
• licking
• mace
• maim
• mallet
• mangle
• maul
• maunder
• meander
• mooch
• mope
• mutilate
• nail
• nightstick
• one-two
• paddle
• paste
• pasting
• pelt
• pepper
• pick
• pistol-whip
• plump
• poke
• pommel
• pound
• pounding
• prod
• pummel
• pummeling
• pummelling
• punch
• punch out
• push
• rabbit punch
• rabbit-punch
• raid
• ramble
• range
• rap
• rattan
• rawhide
• right
• right-hander
• roam
• rod
• rough
• roundhouse
• rove
• rung
• rush
• sap
• saunter
• scourge
• scuff
• shillalah
• shillelagh
• shiver
• shove
• sidewinder
• skull
• slam
• slap
• slash
• slate
• sledge
• sledgehammer
• slog
• slug
• smack
• smash
• smite
• sock
• spank
• spear
• stab
• staff
• stamp
• stave
• stinger
• storm
• straggle
• strap
• stray
• strike
• stripe
• stroke
• stroll
• sucker punch
• swat
• swing
• swipe
• switch
• tag
• tan
• tap
• thrash
• thrashing
• thresh
• thud
• thump
• thwack
• traipse
• tramp
• tromp
• truncheon
• uppercut
• vagabond
• waddy
• walking stick
• wallop
• walloping
• wander
• welt
• whack
• whale
• wham
• whangee
• whap
• whip
• whipping
• whomp
• whop
• whup
• work over
• wound
• zap

• compliment
• flattery
• lose
• praise
• tap

• noun
  1. Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
  2. An old woman.
  3. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
  4. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
  5. The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
  6. Shale or bituminous shale.
  7. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
  8. A part of a brick with one whole end.
  9. A stroke; a sharp blow.
  10. A stroke of work.
  11. Rate of motion; speed.
  12. A spree; a jollification.
  13. Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
  14. A packsaddle.
  15. The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
• verb
  1. To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
  2. To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
  3. To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
  4. To flutter.
  5. To wink.
  6. To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
  7. (usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.

• He swung the bat and hit the ball out of the park.
• A bat flew out of the cave at dusk.
• She bought a new bat for the baseball season.
• The bat uses echolocation to navigate in the dark.
• They found a bat hanging upside down in the attic.

dab

gadabout

galavant

hack

kayo

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