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152 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • bat n. Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
  • bat n. (Derogatory) An old woman.
  • bat n. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
  • bat n. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
  • bat n. (Two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
  • bat n. (Mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
  • bat n. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
  • bat n. A part of a brick with one whole end.
  • bat n. A stroke; a sharp blow.
  • bat n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
  • bat n. (Informal) Rate of motion; speed.
  • bat n. (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
  • bat n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
  • bat n. (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
  • bat v. (Transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
  • bat v. (Intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball…
  • bat v. (Intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
  • bat v. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
  • bat v. (Transitive) To flutter.
  • bat v. (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
  • bat v. (Intransitive, usually with ’around’ or ’about’) To flit quickly from place to place.
  • bat n. (Obsolete) A packsaddle.
  • bat n. Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).
  • bat n. (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
  • bat n. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A child’s shoe without a welt.
  • bat n. (UK, slang, obsolete) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
  • BAT prop.n. (Sports) Abbreviation of Bathurst.
  • BAT n. Initialism of best available technology: a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant discharges.
  • BAT n. Initialism of brown adipose tissue.
  • bat- pref. Alternative letter-case form of Bat-.
  • Bat- pref. Belonging to or associated with Batman; sometimes said of bat-themed objects used by him.
— International convention —
  • bat sym. (International standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Baltic languages.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Aromanian
    • bat v. I beat, hit, strike.
    • bat v. I defeat.
  • Bahnar
  • Basque
    • bat det. A, an, some.
    • bat det. (After a numeral) some, about, around.
    • bat num. One.
    • bat pron. (Indefinite) some, something, someone.
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
    • bat n. A place exposed to the elements.
    • bat v. Third-person singular present indicative form of batre.
    • bat v. Second-person singular imperative form of batre.
    • bat n. (Baseball) bat.
  • Cebuano
    • bat n. Alternative form of balat.
  • Czech
    • bát v. (Reflexive-se) to be afraid of, to fear (+ genitive case).
  • Danish
    • bat n. Bat (a club for striking a ball).
    • bat v. Imperative of batte.
  • Egyptian
    • bAt rom. Manuel de Codage transliteration of bꜣt.
  • Elfdalian
  • Garo
    • -bat- v. Exceedingly, more, comparative marker.
  • Greek
    • βατ n. (Physics, electricity) watt (derived SI unit of power).
  • Haitian creole
    • bat v. To spank, to beat.
  • Hungarian
    • bát n. Baht (the official currency of Thailand).
  • Jamaican creole
    • bat n. Moth (nocturnal insect).
    • bat n. Bat (instrument for hitting or striking).
  • Jingpho
  • Luo
  • Macedonian
    • ват n. (Physics) watt (unit of power).
  • Mansi
  • Middle dutch
    • bat n. Bath.
    • bat adv. Better; comparative degree of wel.
    • bat v. First/third-person singular past indicative of bidden.
  • Middle english
    • bat n. A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon).
    • bat n. (Rare) A pole or stick used for other.
    • bat n. (Rare, Late ME) A strike or hit from a weapon.
    • bat n. (Rare, Late ME) A clump of soft material.
    • bat n. (Northern ME) Alternative form of bot (“boat”).
  • Nivkh
  • Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk - Swedish - Westrobothnian
  • Old english - Old french
  • Old irish
    • bat v. Third-person plural imperative of is, third-person plural present subjunctive of is.
  • Plautdietsch
    • Bät n. Small amount, bit, a little.
  • Polish
    • bat n. Whip (rod for beating).
    • bat n. (Slang) joint (marijuana cigarette).
    • bat n. Bateau (type of boat).
    • bat n. Baht (currency of Thailand).
  • Rohingya
  • Romanian
    • bat v. Inflection of bate…
    • bât adj. Old (about people).
    • bât n. Grandfather.
    • băț n. Stick (long piece of wood), rod.
  • Russian
    • ват n. Genitive plural of ва́та.
  • Serbo-croatian
    • bat n. Mallet.
    • bat n. Helve hammer.
    • bat n. The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march.
    • bat n. (Rare) The tramp of horses’ hooves.
    • bat n. Alternative form of bȁht.
  • Slovak
    • báť v. (Reflexive-sa) to fear.
  • Tagalog
    • ba't adv. Contraction of bakit.
  • Turkish
    • bat v. Second-person singular imperative of batmak.
  • Tzotzil
    • bat v. (Intransitive) to go.
  • Vietnamese
    • bát num. (Only in compounds) eight.
    • bát n. (Northern Vietnam) a small bowl that can be held in one hand, chiefly used for eating rice.
    • bắt v. To seize; to catch.
    • bắt v. To arrest.
    • bắt v. To receive; to pick up.
    • bắt v. To get.
    • bắt v. To force; to compel.
    • bắt v. To fit; to instal.
    • bất rom. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 不.
    • bạt n. Tarpaulin; tarp; hootch.
    • bạt n. (Money) baht.
    • bạt n. (Literature) epilogue.
    • bật v. (Intransitive) to bounce off; to bounce back.
    • bật v. (Transitive) to snap; to switch on (lights).
    • bật v. (Intransitive) to feature prominently.
    • bật v. To do something suddenly.
  • Westrobothnian
    • bat n. Excrement.
    • bat n. Dirt, uncleanliness.
    • bat n. Alternative spelling of båt.
  • Yucatec maya
    • bat n. Hail, hailstone.
  • Zhuang
    • bat n. Basin; bowl.
    • bat Basin of; bowl of.
    • bat num. Eight (used in compounds).
— English words, defined in German —
  • bat S. Zoologie: die Fledermaus: fliegendes Säugetier.
  • bat S. Sport: der Schläger: Spielgerät aus Holz oder Aluminium, insbesondere beim Baseball, Softball und Kricket.
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • bat n. Vleermuis.
  • bat n. Slaghout.
— English words, defined in French —
  • bat n. (Zoologie) Chauve-souris.
  • bat n. Batte (France), bâton (Canada).
  • bat v. Frapper avec une batte.
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • bat s. Murciélago.
  • bat s. Bate.
  • bat v. Batear.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • bat s. Morcego.
  • bat s. (Gíria⚠) mulher idosa.
  • bat s. (Gíria⚠) prostituta; assim denominada por se mover como um morcego na noite.
  • bat s. Taco.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • bat s. (Zoologia) pipistrello.
  • bat s. (Araldica) pipistrello.
  • bat s. (Sport) mazza.
— In German —
  • bat V. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs bitten.
  • bat V. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs bitten.
  • BAT Abk. Abkürzung für Bundesangestelltentarif.
  • BAT Abk. Abkürzung für Bundesautobahntankstelle.
  • Bat. Abk. Btl.
  • Bat. Abk. Bataillon.
— In Dutch —
  • bat n. (Sport) slaghout waarmee bij cricket de bal gespeeld wordt.
  • bat n. (Sport) plankje aan een steel waarmee bij het tafeltennissen…
  • bat n. Schot van planken, dienend om tijdelijk als brug over een…
  • bat n. Vleermuis.
  • bat n. (Jiddisch-Hebreeuws) dochter, meisje.
  • bat w. Enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van batten #gebiedende wijs van batten.
— In French —
  • bat n.m. (Rare) Ce qui bat.
  • bat n.m. (Pêche) Extrémité de la queue du poisson qui bat l’eau.
  • bat n.m. (Québec) (Familier) Bâton de baseball.
  • bat n.m. (Québec) (Vulgaire) (Par analogie) Pénis.
  • bat v. Troisième personne de l’indicatif présent du verbe battre.
  • BAT n.m. (Imprimerie) Document validé par le demandeur que l’imprimeur…
  • bât n.m. Selle pour les bêtes de somme sur laquelle on place leur charge.
  • bât. n. Bâtiment.
328 English words from 115 English definitions

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42 English words from 37 foreign definitions

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5 foreign words from 115 English definitions

batte Chiroptera Codage Sino wel

92 foreign words from 37 foreign definitions

aan Abkürzung analogie Araldica assim aus avec bal Bataillon Batear Bâtiment batte battre beim bêtes bêtes␣de␣somme bij brug Btl. Ce␣qui Chauve Chauve-souris como de␣la denominada dienend dochter Enkelvoud Extrémité Familier Fledermaus fliegendes Frapper für gebiedende gebiedende␣wijs gespeeld Gíria Hebreeuws Holz idosa Imprimerie imprimeur indicatif Indikativ insbesondere Jiddisch Kricket laquelle leur meisje morcego mulher Murciélago noite oder Pêche Pénis personne pipistrello planken plankje poisson por Präteritum présent prostituta qui Säugetier Schläger Schot slaghout somme souris Spielgerät sur tafeltennissen tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd tijdelijk Troisième Troisième␣personne une validé verbe Vleermuis Vulgaire waarmee wijs wordt Zoologia Zoologie

1196 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

bata Bata batá bàtá bate Bate BATF bath Bath Ba'th Baʻth bati Bato bats Bats batt Batt batu Batu Baty batz batab Batak Batam Batas batch Batch bated Baten bates Bates Batey BATFE bathe Bat Ba'thi Baʻthi Batho batho- baths bathy bathy- Batie batik batil batin bat␣in batis Batna BATNA +1146 words

1894 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

abate Abate IBATs Obata abated abatee abater abates Abates abatic abatis abaton abator abatwa abbate Abbate abbats albata al-Ba'th Albats at-bats at␣bats Babati debate erbate esbats Ibatan imbats jubate Kabats Kubats Labate Labats Labatt libate lobate Lobato mabati orbate rabate rabato rabats rebate rebato rebats ribats robata rubati rubato rybats +1844 words

160 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

IBAT abbat at-bat at␣bat esbat imbat Kabat Kubat Labat ORBAT rabat Rabat rebat ribat rybat sabat Sabat Sebat SWBAT Tibat barbat big␣bat combat diabat Diabat Foxbat fox-bat galbat grab␣at limbat numbat qubbat Rukbat sabbat Sabbat sea␣bat Shebat Tobbat Turbat wombat acrobat adiabat aerobat baby␣bat bullbat cluebat dead␣bat dingbat go␣to␣bat halfbat half-bat +109 words

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

tab Tab

9 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

abt ABT abt. ATB BTA B.T.A. tab Tab TBA

82 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

AABT abet abit a␣bit ABTA ABTs abut ATBs ATSB attB BABT bact. baft baht bait Balt Balt. bant Bart BART bast Bast bata Bata batá bàtá bate Bate BATF bath Bath Ba'th Baʻth bati Bato bats Bats batt Batt batu Batu Baty batz bayt beat beta Beta Bhat blat boat BOAT +31 words

36 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ab Ab AB A♭ -ab ab- ab. A&B A/B a.b. A.B. at AT 'at at- A-T A/T ba Ba BA b@ ba' -ba- B.A. B.␣A. bt Bt BT ta Ta TA T&A T/A T.A. Tb TB

149 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAT baa BAA bab bac BAC -bac- bad bae Bae BAe BAE BAF bag bah Bah BAH Bah. bai Bai bak Bak BAK BAL Baʻl bam Bam BAM ban Ban BAN bao Bao BAO bap BAP bar Bar BAR bar- Bar. bas Bas BAs BAS B.A.s B.A.'s B.A.S. B.␣A.␣S. bau Bau BAU Bax bay Bay baz Baz BBT BCT bet Bet BET bet. Bft BFT BGT BHT bit B.I.T. BJT BLT BMT bot BOT 'bot -bot bo't BRT BST BTT but But but- BWT by't cat Cat CAT dat DAT .dat dat. D.A.T. D.␣A.␣T. eat fat FAT gat hat HAT (+49 words)

17 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

at AT 'at at- A-T A/T ba Ba BA b@ ba' -ba- B.A. B.␣A. bt Bt BT

23 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

BABT bact. baft baht bait Balt Balt. bant Bart BART bast Bast batt Batt bayt beat Bhat blat boat BOAT brat BRAT buat


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