Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bat around sth
Participle: batted around sth
Gerund: batting around sth
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bat around sth |
| you | bat around sth |
| he;she;it | bats around sth |
| we | bat around sth |
| you | bat around sth |
| they | bat around sth |
Perfect
| I | have batted around sth |
| you | have batted around sth |
| he;she;it | has batted around sth |
| we | have batted around sth |
| you | have batted around sth |
| they | have batted around sth |
Past
| I | batted around sth |
| you | batted around sth |
| he;she;it | batted around sth |
| we | batted around sth |
| you | batted around sth |
| they | batted around sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had batted around sth |
| you | had batted around sth |
| he;she;it | had batted around sth |
| we | had batted around sth |
| you | had batted around sth |
| they | had batted around sth |
Future
| I | will bat around sth |
| you | will bat around sth |
| he;she;it | will bat around sth |
| we | will bat around sth |
| you | will bat around sth |
| they | will bat around sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have batted around sth |
| you | will have batted around sth |
| he;she;it | will have batted around sth |
| we | will have batted around sth |
| you | will have batted around sth |
| they | will have batted around sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bat around sth |
| you | bat around sth |
| he;she;it | bat around sth |
| we | bat around sth |
| you | bat around sth |
| they | bat around sth |
Perfect
| I | have batted around sth |
| you | have batted around sth |
| he;she;it | have batted around sth |
| we | have batted around sth |
| you | have batted around sth |
| they | have batted around sth |
Imperfect
| I | batted around sth |
| you | batted around sth |
| he;she;it | batted around sth |
| we | batted around sth |
| you | batted around sth |
| they | batted around sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had batted around sth |
| you | had batted around sth |
| he;she;it | had batted around sth |
| we | had batted around sth |
| you | had batted around sth |
| they | had batted around sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bat around sth |
| you | would bat around sth |
| he;she;it | would bat around sth |
| we | would bat around sth |
| you | would bat around sth |
| they | would bat around sth |
Perfect
| I | would have batted around sth |
| you | would have batted around sth |
| he;she;it | would have batted around sth |
| we | would have batted around sth |
| you | would have batted around sth |
| they | would have batted around sth |
Imperative
| you | bat around sth |
| we | Let's bat around sth |
| you | bat around sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'bat'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bat'
baa,
bab,
bad,
bag,
bait,
bam,
ban,
bap,
bar,
bate,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "to move the eyelids," 1847, Amer.Eng., from earlier sense of "flutter as a hawk" (1615), a variant of bate (2) on the notion of fluttering wings.
2. From Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), from Old French batre (“to beat”), from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Germanic or Celtic origin. In modern English reinterpreted as a verbal derivative of Etymology 2. Compare batter, battery. See: Middle English '
baten', Old French '
batre', Latin '
battuo'.
Sample Sentences
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He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
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We batted a few ideas around.
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The cat batted at the toy.