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.

Shale or bituminous shale.

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

A part of a brick with one whole end.

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate