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Bat

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

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Verb group 8

Flail 84% connected

An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter…

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Flail 84% connected

An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Lam 84% connected

To beat soundly; to thrash.

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Lam 84% connected

To beat soundly; to thrash.

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Thresh 84% connected

To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash whe…

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Thresh 84% connected

To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash whe…

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Broader term 16

Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Blink 76% connected

To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Club 76% connected

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Nictate 76% connected

To wink; to nictitate.

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Nictitate 76% connected

To wink; to nictate.

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Placental 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Racket 76% connected

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It…

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Racquet 76% connected

See Racket.

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Vanquish 76% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Wink 76% connected

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

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Narrower term 2

Lumber 76% connected

A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

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Paddle 76% connected

To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

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Derivationally related 4

Batter 74% connected

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Batter 74% connected

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

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Component part 4

Grip 70% connected

The griffin.

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Handle 70% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Hold 70% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Wing 70% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Synonym 5

Cream 92% connected

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drub 92% connected

To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flutter 92% connected

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lick 92% connected

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thrash 92% connected

Alt. of Thresh

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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